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Major successes include:
¡Initiation of $66
million in private investment leveraged with 2003 Bond Program funding;
¡Forest City
agreement to redevelop the Mercantile Complex;
¡Initiation of 4 new
business project contracts with 225 jobs
and $59 million in private investment;
¡Completion of a
regional Family Aquatic Center in the Southern Sector resulting in 109 new jobs;
¡Council approval of
Comprehensive CBD Transportation Study;
¡Council approval of
Long Range Water Supply Plan and 5-Year
Strategic Plan for water conservation; and
¡$1 million secured
for continued renovation of the Central
Library to increase Downtown visits.
Priority
1:
Economic Development
Economic Development