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Accomplishments
   
PUBLIC SAFETY

• Briggs Corner Fire Station (open 24/7) 
• Briggs Corner Fire Station staffed with Paramedic Service (24/7)
• Increased the number of Police personnel & Firefighter Paramedics
• Replaced 2 aging ambulances & ladder truck
• Downtown Walking Patrol implemented
• 1st K9 unit obtained for the Police Department
• Obtained grants to hire personnel

EDUCATION

• Completed Coelho Middle School Rehabilitation
• 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
• Attleboro High School accreditation accomplished 
• Record number of Attleboro High School students enrolled in advanced 
placement courses 

PUBLIC WORKS

• 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  
 

RECREATION

• Rebirth of Capron Park & Zoo (completed new splash pad 2009) 
• Rehabilitated the City’s ball fields along with backstop replacements and fencing
• 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
  

ELDERLY
• 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  
 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• 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
 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING
• Bliss School Restoration after being vacant for 20 years 
 
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
• 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 
 
COMMUNITY ACCESS

• 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

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 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 
• 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)
• Spearheaded Attleboro’s 1st Annual Winter Festival (February 2010)

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