Civil Municipal Magazine Aug 2023

42 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 These investments will lead to increased economic vitality and opportunity through several areas of improvements. Community development and educational and work force goals surrounding this plan are also included. The money will also facilitate the construction of a new park downtown, as Folks continued. Plus, there will be a new clinic to benefit the uninsured. And helping tackle the problem of local homelessness is another of the laudable goals involved. A city transformed And as Draper informed, Anniston is home to many historical structures that have served to put it on the map. “We’re really working on transforming our downtown in particular, and those funds have already been very useful for that,” Draper said. “The name of the game for us is getting more people into Anniston, and an improved downtown district is very much a part of that, for our own