Business View Civil and Municipal | April/May 2022

54 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 are also several road and drainage projects in progress, which LeCerf explains are part of the ongoing effort to meet the expected growth. He shares, “Over the next 10 years our estimated capital improvement budget is somewhere around $600 million. It really is going to be a transformational time for the Town of Johnstown as they continue to improve and expand their infrastructure capabilities to meet the growth of the community.” For many years, Johnstown has been primarily a bedroom community, but Mayor Lebsack reports that this trend is changing. He notes, “We are making that transition into a place where people can live, work and play, and our goal going forward is to facilitate that.” Hiring an Economic development will add 1200 multifamily units, and 260 single family homes, along with over a million square feet of retail to the community. Another project, The Ridge, will offer 266 acres of commercial, retail, light industrial, and multifamily housing. “In terms of residential development, we have five or six active single family dwelling type developments going on,” reports LeCerf. “We are seeing a lot of development coming online; our estimate is that we are going to start hitting around 600 development units annually, as we see this growth really take off.” As this development continues, the town is broadening water and wastewater infrastructure to prepare for the increased population. There