Wanted: Spring!!!!!
Where in the
world is our Spring!! Seems like Mother Nature has other plans for us!! Snow on
Easter? Does that mean *gasp* 7 more Sundays of snow?!?! I truly hope not!!
Don’t let the weather get you down friends, I really think that Spring will be
here before we know it!! Keep the faith!!
Our
Community has been busy these past few weeks, and I know it’s just a taste of
what is to come! I had the honor of being a judge at the Pool Chili Cookoff on
the 24th of March. What fabulous cooks we have in our area! The auction was a success as well! Our
Community is so blessed to have the Community Pool and it is truly heartwarming
to see us all pull together to keep it up and running! So many thanks to all you put this together
to make it run smoothly! The Easter Egg Hunts were well attended despite the
cold weather. Thank you to Ludlum’s, The Park District & Lions Club, and
the folks in Prairie City for hosting the hunts this year! There was a Fun Run
for the John Martin Benefit that looked like it was a blast, and the main event-benefit
will be this weekend – April 8. I know that the Community will pull together as
we always do to help John and his family.
April 14th,
the City will be hosting a Big Bang Breakfast at the Recreation and Cultural
Center from 8-12. We will be serving all the delicious breakfast foods and
treats as well as have a silent auction. This is to benefit our AMAZING fire
works display on July 3rd. The cost of the fireworks is around
$10,000, so we need all the help we can to pay for this fabulous show! Please
come out to the Rec Center and fill your bellies up and support the City in the
fireworks show! Tickets are adults - $6; children - $4 and those under 3 are
free. That evening, the Presbyterian
Church is having a spaghetti supper at the CCC. What a great day – supporting
your Community and not having to cook!! Please make plans to attend these
events and get together with your friends and neighbors!
The City is
in the process of updating our phone systems at City Hall, the Utility Office,
Police Complex, Recreation Center, Power Plant and the Street and Alley Shed.
We are meeting with a prospective company this week. Our systems are outdated
and need the updating to keep up with the City business. This upgrade was in
last years budget and we hope to have at least a partial upgrade done within
the next month.
The Real
Estate Committee is continuing work on cleaning up some properties in town. All
avenues of funding for this work are being probed so we can get this done.
Hopefully we will have a plan set in place soon.
Our Economic
Development Committee has secured a webinar series with the help of the Chamber
of Commerce in updating our downtown area. I watched the first of a series of
webinars and it is going to be a wonderful tool for us to use to make our
downtown a more appealing place for business and shoppers! Think about it,
Bushnell has changed so much in the last 50 years, and we must change to make
it a better place for our Community. Spending time and money in our hometown is
essential to its growth. We need to attract out of town shoppers to keep us
going – and I know that we can do it, but it must be a group effort! And by
group effort, I am including all citizens in that job! Look for much more
information in the future on how you can help make a difference! And though the
emphasis is on the downtown area – we won’t leave out any businesses that are
not downtown! We want to include all in this effort! Do you have ideas on what
we can do? Please call City Hall and let us know! If you want to speak to me,
leave me a message at City Hall and I will call you back!
Our Bushnell
website is almost finished, and I can’t wait to share this incredible site with
you all! It is going to have so much information on it and be so easy to
navigate! I will let you know the minute it is live!! Jonny Miller and Jill
Griffith are the creative minds that are making this happen, so many thanks to
them for their hard work!
Stay
positive friends!
Robin
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