This week's big news was obviously the inauguration of the President. I thought this was a rather neat view of the event: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
The new President has spent a fair amount of time talking about a new stimulus package with lots of infrastructure project funding. While the bill hasn't been passed, the City and the Greater Sterling Development Corporation have turned in our share of requests. We've also called Representative Phil Hare's office and Senator Durbin's office to ask that any infrastructure projects granted be granted directly to cities and counties rather than adding a layer of government in between. We've expressed our viewpoint that we know what is most needed for our own community. However, we'll of course take whatever we can get. We submitted a list that included street reconstruction, business/industrial park development, brownfield redevelopment, sewer extensions, broadband expansion and stormwater management improvements. Heaven knows there's always plenty of work to be done, it's just a matter of finding the means to pay for it.
