Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

73 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 Farmersville’. It’s really transforming the off-ramp area. It’s going to look fantastic. I’ve never seen any concept like this elsewhere of what we’re going to be putting out there.” The grant will also allow for funding to improve the city’s downtown core, including benches, banners, landscaping, signage and more. “We are still looking at what improvements can be made to the downtown area,” Gomez explains. “We want to put more historic-style poles for your stop signs and street signage and just give it a more traditional downtown look. We are trying to make some of those changes in this coming year.” the community has been talking about for 20 years that they wanted some kind of actual entrance into our town, and this particular grant from Caltrans is giving us that opportunity.” The project will include LED lighting for the city’s sign and motto, as well as plenty of low-watering, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants that will mimic the look of crops – something this agricultural community is known for. “We are Farmersville and our roots are agriculture and farming. It’s going to look like fields of crops and it’s going to look amazing and be very unique compared to other cities,” Gomez adds. “We’re going above and beyond your typical monument sign that says ‘Welcome to C I TY OF FARMERSV I LLE , CAL I FORNI A