The City of Woodruff and the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Committee has been working to arrange a free movie night for the community. The first movie night will be July 24, 2009 at 7:00, and will be held in the Historic Woodruff High School Auditorium. There will be free popcorn and water provided. The City will be showing Madagascar 2 - Escape to Africa. Please come out and enjoy this free community event.
For most people the start of a new year begins January 1st; however, for the City of Woodruff the start of the year is July 1st. This means that the City of Woodruff is working on closing out the current year and is starting a new fiscal year with the budget that City Council approved on June 22nd. This budget year will hold some challenges, but the City is hoping to establish some new services to the City.
One service that the City is working on is free wi-fi in the downtown business district and hopefully the large downtown park. The City has budgeted funds in the new budget to purchase the necessary equipment to provide this service, and will be working with a vendor to design and install the necessary equipment. The City is also hoping to begin chipping the branches that are collected by the Street Department, and then making the remnants available to the community. Both of these services will take time to establish, and we will make sure to update the community as to when they become available. The City is also working on guidelines for a Façade Improvements Grant program to assist the businesses in the City’s Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District make improvements to their exteriors. These are a few of the programs that we are working on establishing during the next fiscal year.
Besides programs, the City has a couple major projects scheduled during the next fiscal year. Barring any major setbacks, the City should complete the downtown parking improvement projects during the next fiscal year. Council also approved a motion to begin renovations on the Historic Woodruff High School and current home of City Hall. These renovation include replacing the roof, repainting the building, and working to upgrade several major systems in the building.
The City is also anticipating that we will receive the parks service back from Spartanburg County in October. We have worked with the County to get the lights returned to the ballpark at W. R. McKinney Park, and we are also in the process of establishing a plan to maintain and utilize all city parks.
The City should have an exciting year ahead, and it is our hope that you see an increased offering of services and the completion of some community improvement projects.
Thank you for making Woodruff your home and making Woodruff the City that it is.
If you have driven past the W.R. McKinney park on the past couple of weeks you may have noticed some heavy machinery at work. The old light posts for the baseball park were removed, replaced with new ones, and new lights were installed. Duke Power is working to get power to the lights, but has been hampered by all of the rain. Once the power is restored, the ballpark will once again be lighted.
This is just a reminder that there will be a Council Meeting on June 15, 2009 at 6:00 pm. This meeting will serve as the public hearings for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget and for amendments that are being made to the Zoning Ordinance. The second reading for these ordinances are scheduled for the Council Meeting on June 22nd, 2009 at 7:00 pm. You can download and view the ordinances through the links below.
All meetings will be held in Council Chambers at City Hall.
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Stephen Steese