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Clearfield City Has 2020 Vision |
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Monday, 29 December 2008 |
With today’s internet and GPS technology, finding directions on how to get from where you are to where you want to go is extraordinarily simple. You can access Google, Mapquest or a host of other internet sites, type in your current location and the location you want to end up and instantaneously a detailed list of directions is provided telling you exactly how to arrive at your chosen destination. These sites will show you the quickest, most efficiency route, telling you the exact distance you need to travel to the very foot, the names of the streets you need to take, whether to turn right or left, etc. With your new road map, you now know every detail of your journey.
Clearfield City is about to embark on a new journey, and we need a road map. Our road map is called a strategic plan. This strategic plan will first determine where we want to go and then detail exactly how to arrive at our chosen destination.
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From the Desk of Clearfield City Mayor Don Wood |
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Monday, 29 December 2008 |
 As I look back over the past several years that I have been in public office there are many areas where the City Council, the City staff and I have tried to best meet the needs of our citizens: healthcare, homeownership, relieving the stresses of everyday living, and the education of our children. While the routine responsibilities of paving streets, replacing water lines, and pushing snow are all important aspects of local government, as your representatives, the City Council and I strive to address the needs of our residents in any area of need where it is practical.
One of the goals and objectives we have had for the city is to revitalize the downtown area. We divided the downtown area into four distinct areas and have engaged a developer to assist us in visioning the development possibilities for each area.
In the first phase of this revitalization we are excited to have a new three-story office building coming to the downtown area. This new building will include a medical clinic that will make it possible for the residents of Clearfield to seek medical attention right here in our own city. The clinic will be beneficial in meeting the medical and dental needs of our residents who are uninsured or underinsured. The cost of treatment will be based on an individual’s income and ability to pay. The city is using federal grant money to assist in the establishment of the clinic.
While redeveloping downtown is our objective, being able to bless the lives of our residents in the process is an added bonus.
Everyone wants to live the American dream of owning their own home. Many of Clearfield’s residents have been renters. Another one of our goals has been to make home ownership possible for as many individuals and families as possible. To this end we established the Down Payment Assistance Program. This program was designed to aid first-time home buyers purchase their first home. However much an individual had to put down on a home, the city would match it three to one, up to a maximum of $5,000. If the home owner stays in the home for a specified period of time the matched money is forgiven and no repayment is required. For the last two years the city has used federal funds to make this program possible.
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