Daily Archives: January 9, 2020

Locals learn how to create an age-friendly city

What makes a city great for an 8-year-old, an 80-year-old, and anyone in between? Local government staff, review board members, and several citizens converged at the Historic RailPark & Train Museum in December to discuss that very issue. The guidebook: the 8-80 Cities initiative.   8-80 Cities is a Canadian-based non-profit organization striving to “bring…

Planning Commission Year-End Review

2019 started out as busy as ever. There were a couple of short periods of slowdowns on the application side but we finished with a flurry of activity. Construction activity has remained very strong. At one point this year we were slightly below our 2015 activity levels but finished with the second highest activity levels…