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Citizens want parks, trails, safety in Statesboro
Wish list a challenge with Boro's limited tax base
City planning web
Lee Walton, project manager for Amec Foster Wheeler, presents preliminary findings from Statesboro's strategic planning process. Words on the screen reflect input from teenagers in a listening session at Statesboro High School. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
In the somewhat informal survey conducted by the consulting firm Amec Foster Wheeler for Statesboro's citywide strategic plan, well more than half of respondents said more money should be spent for parks and greenspace. Meanwhile, almost 50 percent chose "trails/ greenways," and more than 40 percent intersection improvements, as well as police services. About 40 percent of the 569 total responses to the survey also gave sidewalks as an answer to the question, "Where should additional money be spent?"
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