underneath. Bode, who is part of the project, elaborates,“We’re working closely with the developer of George’s site so that we both don’t improve at the same time and flood the market. Hopefully, it will be a nice little addition to the downtown to add a few more feet on the streets and things like that.” PARKS, RECREATION, AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT New Ulm takes pride in its extensive parks and recreation facilities. The community continually invests in improving these amenities through initiatives funded by two rounds of half-cent sales tax. “On the first round, we were able to build a 30,000 square foot civic center, as well as other improvements at that time,” Mayor Backer describes. “Now we’re on the second round, we’ve made improvements to our Johnson Baseball Park, to our Hermann Monument Park area, and the park and recreation center, among others. So, we continue to look at how we can better serve our community.” 6 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 08
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