Civil Municipal - January 2026

BEST OF TEXAS 19 DAYTON, TX Preserving Small-Town Identity Amid Transformation 33 HALTOM CITY, TX Rewriting Its Story Through Strategic Development and Fiscal Discipline 47 PILOT POINT, TX Honoring the Past While Preparing for the Future 57 ALAMO, TX A City of Choice in the Rio Grande Valley 67 SEAGOVILLE, TX Small-Town Heart, Big-City Opportunity 77 SELMA, TX A Small City with Big-Corridor Momentum BEST MANAGED CITIES: INDIANA 89 BICKNELL, IN Small-Town Pride, Big-Momentum Progress 99 GREENFIELD, IN Investing in a Sustainable Future VOLUME 07, ISSUE 01 COVER DAYTON, TX 2 EDITOR’S NOTES 7 OPENING LINES BEST MANAGED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: INDIANA 115 HAMMOND AND THE LAKESHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN Where Vision, Collaboration, and Opportunity Converge NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE SERIES 127 CASTLE PINES, CO Transforming Five Decades of Patient Capital into Colorado’s Next Main Street FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN COMMUNITIES 143 CENTRE WELLINGTON, ON A Township that Has Hit its Stride 153 PARRY SOUND, ON Waterfront Momentum in a Remote-Work Era 163 RM OF SPRINGFIELD, MB A Great Place to Put Down Roots 173 THOMPSON, MB A Shining Example of Putting the Students First SELMA, TX PILOT POINT, TX 77 47 3 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 01

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