| PUBLIC SAFETY
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• Briggs Corner Fire Station (open 24/7)
• Increased the number of Police and Fire personnel
• Replaced aging ambulance & ladder truck
• Obtained grants to hire personnel
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| EDUCATION
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• Completed Coelho Middle School
• Founded site to bring Bristol Community College to Attleboro
• Provided funding for schools above state minimum
• Ranked in the top 50 high schools in Massachusetts (Boston Magazine August 2008)
• Submitted letter of intent to the State to begin the process of rehabilitating the High School.
• Completed $5,000,000 High School Roof Replacement Project
• District-wide improvement in levels of achievement
• Began much needed Capital Improvements at Studley, Hyman Fine, Hill Roberts, Brennan, & Wamsutta.
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| PUBLIC WORKS
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• Repaved over $5,000,000 worth of City Roadways since 2004
• Instituted a sidewalk rehabilitation program dedicating at least $100,000 a year to repair the City’s dilapidated sidewalks
• Improvements to County Square
• Improved May Street intersection (on list as one of Massachusetts’ most dangerous intersections)
• Completed Thacher Street Bridge
• Completed Tiffany Street Bridge
• Water Main Rehabilitation – South Main Street & South Attleboro Transmission Main
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| RECREATION
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• Rebirth of Capron Park & Zoo (completed new splash pad 2009)
• Preservation of Open Space
• Purchased deed restriction to protect 110 acres behind LaSalette Shine
• First established on road bicycle path
• Completed Briggs Pool Facility
• Completed Poncin-Hewitt Concession Stand
• Balfour Riverwalk named National Trail by the National Park Service
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| ELDERLY
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• Increased our Senior Tax Program from 50 to 120 applicants for their $600 tax credit for performing 82 hours of service
• Improvements to Larson Senior Center
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| BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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• Overhauled Tax Increment Financing Program
• Implementation of Streetscape Initiative (Summer 2007-2009)
• Cookson Precious Metals (cleaning and revitalization of old Swank Building)
• Secured Registry of Deeds Downtown (Summer 2007)
• Larson Tool expansion
• Passage of the Urban Renewal Plan for Downtown
• City Implementation of the Industrial Business Park (July 2009)
• Obtained agreement for 1st tenant for the Industrial Business Park (October 2009)
• Completed Commerce Way within the Industrial Business Park (Fall 2009)
• Secured Registry of Motor Vehicles Downtown (October 2009)
• Use of Block Grant funds to help bring new businesses to Downtown
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| AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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- Bliss School Restoration after being vacant for 20 years
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| FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
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• Increased our Stabilization Account
• Instituted policy of paying with cash for Capital Projects where possible, saving tax payer’s dollars
• Maintained City’s bond rating during the most difficult financial times
• Maintaining all City services within a balanced budget and without a tax override
• Consolidated and combined positions saving tax payer’s dollars
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| COMMUNITY ACCESS
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• Constituent Hours – Last Tuesday and Friday (meeting face-to-face w/ hundreds of constituents)
• Established Attleboro’s first ever Youth Commission
• Established Attleboro Access Cable System (AACS) providing coverage of community events to residents on Cable Channels 9, 15, & 98.
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| OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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• Established Attleboro’s first enhanced pay-as-you-throw program saving residents from double digit increases on their rubbish rates.
• Created our first Cardboard Drop-off center.
• Completed an unprecedented number of Capital Projects by reinvesting into our City buildings and property.
• Increased Veterans benefits to an all time high of $450,000 this year
• Cleaned the Apco-Mossberg site abandoned for 19 years
• Federal and State recognition for City projects
• Beautification of City streets
• Ranked as one of the Best places to live in Massachusetts (Boston Magazine, February 2008)
• Increased size of the Community Garden (Summer 2008)
• Completed beautification of the Veteran’s Memorial Common
• Spearheaded Attleboro’s 1st Annual Expo for the Senses (June 2009)
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