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Mayor
Piper decides not to seek
re-election as Clarksville
Mayor.
(The
Leaf-Chronicle)
Former
House Majority Leader McMillan
will Make run for Clarksville's
Mayor
(The
Leaf-Chronicle)
Progress on
Goals - or not.
It is time to take a
year-end look a progress of some
of the possible goals that I
discussed at length 11 years
ago.
Consolidated Government
(With the bugs worked out by
that point)
- On
Judgment day.
Alternative traffic route thru
New Providence
(possible?) and with cross and
lateral road net-work
for traffic management and
traffic Cameras available thru
the internet.
There is
still hope but it may be On
Judgment day.
Light
weight public transportation
system
(including rail and light weight
hybrid and Electric buses) Some
progress.
All
residences in the city on public
sewer,
and the sewer system expanded
into the outer reaches of the
county.
On Judgment day.
New
Providence area urban renewal.
On Judgment day.
De-conflict
School System and County and
City and state and Federal
Governments) Clearly defined
fully funding and accountability
system of the School System.
On
Judgment day.
Employment System:
Creation of a Civil and
Executive Services system for
County/City employees.
No Progress - system going in
reverse
Theme Park
(Six Flags, Disney, Dolly, or
who ever) -
Never going to happen I guess-
opportunity fading because
Nashville again in the mix.
Higher
Education -
Austin Peay State University
Institute of Technology
- Some
progress - Chemical, and
Austin Peay University Law
School. -
Not likely
- there are allot of lawyers
around.
Corporate headquarters
located in
Clarksville/Montgomery County
(white collar jobs).
Waiting
and looking
Manufacturing Centers
(High Tech, Automotive, etc)
Some significant progress
Historic
Tourism
(including settlement of the
area, history of the native
Americans in the area,
Settler/Native America
inter-action, Tobacco/river
port history, Civil War
activities in the area, World
Wars and Military History,
(including “Bird Cage”)
Genealogy of the area, and
etc.).
Working with progress slow.
Marina on
the Cumberland or the Red Rivers
(Privately
funded?)
making progress with completion
next year but with public
funding
Civic Hall
(Public/Private partnership
Funded?)
Accomplished
Conference
Center
(properly located
and privately funded?)-
Still a fantasy
All Public
Records, and Public Services
accessible via Internet.
Ongoing progress
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