Business View Civil and Municipal | June 2022

38 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 6 before it was built,” Scully explains. Referring to downtown Lincoln as “having a great smile with a couple of missing teeth,” Joiner describes the historic beauty of the downtown, which is filled with remarkable buildings, many of which belonged to the Gladding McBean company and were built using brick produced onsite. He shares, “They left us with some great historic buildings to work around. Like a lot of old downtowns, some of our buildings have burned down, and some of them had seen better days and were torn down.” These spaces offer opportunities for the forward- thinking community, as Joiner suggests, “The key element of that is there are a few empty lots that can be filled with some very exciting new businesses, and some of the old buildings as well can be repurposed into something very contemporary and very connected to community.” With a future filled with possibility, Lincoln, California is indeed a city of opportunity, committed to maintaining a natural landscape, and American small-town charm. PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Aqua-Metric Sales Company www.aqua-metric.com How are you managing your utility resources? At Aqua-Metric, we design, deploy and support your utility resource management solution, for a smarter, more efficient tomorrow. Visit us at www.aqua-metric.com to learn about our SmartCity Solutions today.