My oh my, how time
seems to fly by! We are
already three months
into 2013! I hope your
New Year’s resolutions
were more successful
than mine, but I still
have nine months to
work on them.
Things are going well
at the City. Building permits are
up, revenues are up, and things
seem to be getting better all the
way around. The City is in good shape thanks to the great personnel
we have who work hard to make life better for all of us.
A special emphasis has been placed on the downtown. The City has
made the Community Arts Building available for a Children’s Museum, and
has also purchased the historic Electric Theater, as well as other buildings
that will be used for arts-related purposes and to help attract the public to
the downtown area. The Town Square is certainly a hit with residents and
visitors alike. With the addition of the Children’s Museum and our recent
purchases, we may be able to help many of the arts organizations that are
looking for space to rent for offices and performance venues. Be sure
not to miss the Sunset on the Square movies at Town Square which
are held the second and fourth Fridays May-August.
The City is active in water and power conservation, as well as code
enforcement, which helps keep our City the beautiful community in
which everyone wants to live. We just completed the construction of 12
new pickleball courts in the Little Valley area, with plans to add more
there, as well as at Worthen Park. The City has expanded Tonaquint
Park and added new trails for a total of 40 miles of paved trails now
within the City, with more trails in the planning stages. This year we
completed the repair and re-connection of the trails system which was
damaged by flooding within the past few years.
I hope you have noticed the work that has been done along Red Hills
Parkway west of the Washington County Water Conservancy District
(WCWCD) office. This is a joint effort to build an educational park to
celebrate the confluence of the Colorado Plateau, the Mojave Plateau,
and the Great Basin. We live in a unique area, and it is our hope this new
facility will be able to provide another example of why St. George is such
a great place in which to live. It is my hope that we will be able to build an
interpretive center in the future to help us enjoy the flora and fauna that
we have co-existed with for 150+ years. We hope this publication will
help you keep up on what’s happening INSIDE St. George.
Welcome! 
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