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“We’re an older city. We know that.”
Various city officials took part in a town-hall meeting event at the Miami Hamilton Downtown Center for Civic Engagement Thursday evening. About 20 community members joined Mayor Don Ryan, City Manager Mark Brandenburger, Deputy City Manager Charles Young, Economic Development Director Tim Bigler and Planning Director Teri Whitmore.
For about 50 minutes, city officials spoke about various items they felt were important - downtown development, Hamilton’s utilities, jobs, etc. - before opening the forum up for questions.
A couple points of interest from the event:
Ryan said that many people are unfamiliar that the city, county and Hamilton school board are all separate entities. He wanted residents to know that none of those entitities has power over the others. Meaning, a lot of people have been calling him about county and school issues.
The South Hamilton Crossing overpass is still somethingthe city wants to do, but funding will likely not be available for several years.
The Mercantile Building is still sorting out its historic tax credits for work to really begin at the site, but the company has redone the roof and is restoring windows already.
Bigler said that in the 1950s the city had about 125 manufacturers that employed between 300-500 people each. He said now the city still has about 125 manufacturers, but they only employ about 30-40 employees each.
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