The Grand Island, Neb., Police Department is doing its best to stay up to date with technological advances that can aid the department. Two pieces of technological equipment recently acquired this year include a system to help more quickly and … Continue reading →
After high school, in 2011, Michael Patton began his college career at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Following his first completed year, he began a church mission in Mexico City, Mexico, and was there until 2013. He returned to Brigham Young University-Idaho … Continue reading →
Unable to find the right person for the role, the position of Schenectady, N.Y., parks and recreation director was left vacant for many years – about 20 years. Once Willie Deane moved back to the city and was available to … Continue reading →
The approximately 2-acre parcel of land in Palmetto, Fla., that is now Connor Park, was once a busy railroad spur and depot. Solid waste from the area was diverted into this location and pushed into the river up until 1960 … Continue reading →
The Kinder Land Bridge and Cyvia Melvyn Wolff Prairie is an ambitious, 100-acre project located in the heart of Memorial Park in Houston, Texas. Memorial Park is 1,464 acres but was divided into two parts in 1955 when a six-lane … Continue reading →
As an elected city council member-at-large and mayor pro tem in Odessa, Texas, Denise Swanner serves on regional boards. In September 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a presentation to one such board stating he planned on going after … Continue reading →
A massive water transmission line replacement project was recently completed in upstate New York – one of the most consequential and important infrastructure projects the city has undertaken in a century, according to one mayor. The John P. Buckley Water … Continue reading →
In the 1980s, the state of Indiana encouraged cities to test out new technology for wastewater treatment plants. Cities were given money to try out a continuous batch reactor. By the time Mayor Terry Amick of Scottsburg, Ind., took office, … Continue reading →
Residents of Cambridge, Mass., can design some of the city’s public sidewalks during the annual sidewalk poetry contest. The city is currently in its eighth year of the contest. In the first year, the city received approximately 130 poems, and … Continue reading →
Trail safety is paramount in Paragould, Ark., and city officials proved it again in 2022 by installing trail cameras as part of the improvements along 8 Mile Creek trail. This trail is 4.2 miles long and paved 10 feet wide; … Continue reading →
Shawn O’Leary, Norman, Okla., director of public works, joined the team in 2007 and his primary goal was improvement of his department. “I was looking for a tool to help me fix that,” he explained. He had been watching the … Continue reading →
