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Village of Greenfield Ohio - Interview with the City Manager 05 February 2024 ( news )
Village of Greenfield , state Ohio ( By Press Release office)
Feb 05,2024
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It’s a new year . What are some of Greenfield’s goals in 2024?– One of the big goals we have for this year is working on trying to attract developers to Greenfield for housing developments . We recently had a meeting with the Ohio Housing Finance Agency ( OHFA ) . We can partner with them to help bring in some affordable housing units to Greenfield . There are several tax credits available , too , to help accomplish this . I’m thinking along the lines of Sycamore Circle . Those are nice homes and it’s a nice community , and a great contribution to the Greenfield community . We would love to duplicate what Sycamore Circle has done , because not only are we going to have more businesses looking to locate in Greenfield , there are new businesses arising not far from Greenfield . We believe we could attract people to come live in our community .
We are going to be working hard this year on several different aspects of housing , including more up - scale housing and have already been approached about property outside the corporation limits that would work well for this . This additional housing work also includes our downtown buildings and the 2nd and 3rd floors of some . To accomplish any of this , though , we are going to have to attract some money , developers , and development .
Another priority , as it always will be , is our infrastructure . We talk about it at every meeting . It may not be the most exciting thing to talk about , but it is a necessity . On that note , a project submitted for funding last October that we thought we were an absolute no on , it turns out , we are ranked at the top of the list , meaning funding for this project is a really good possibility . This is for infrastructure work for Jefferson Street to tackle the tremendous I & I ( inflow and infiltration ) occurring there . If Greenfield is awarded funding for this , more details on this will follow . It’s good news . We continue to win opportunities for our community enabling us to continue to improve failing infrastructure .
Something else we are working on is our wells . We have 12 and eight of those wells work . Of those eight , the newest one is 50 years old . For many years this is something that has been put by the side , but we have started looking for test boring locations for the placement of a high - efficiency well that could likely produce as much water as our eight current wells do . As with previous administrations , we are firm believers in giving back a community better than what we received it . If that’s not our motto , then we fail the citizens of Greenfield .
Another goal is to get the water tower painted , which hasn’t been done for decades , but it is something the EPA needs us to get done . This project is currently being put together .
There are some new businesses that have opened – CiCi’s Snack Shack , CC’s Eats and Treats , The Angry Cactus , and Taco Bell have all opened recently . There’s another restaurant looking to open in the downtown this year . We want to continue to invite entrepreneurs out there who are maybe sitting on the sideline wondering if this is their time or not . Just reach out . Give us a call and we’ll see if we can find you a place here in Greenfield and help make your idea a success for you .
You can reach City Manager Todd Wilkin by email at
citymanager@greenfieldohio . net
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