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Page 2 CITY San Marcos 3. Summarize the finances, public interest, anG! impact of major civic improvements recently completed or currently planned in your community. The City of San Marcos has recently completed a downtown improvement project which included lighting, sidewalks, and handicap ramps at a cost of $60,000 using CDBG monies. Additional lighting for the downtown area has been purchased and installation is planned for fiscal year 85-86. The restoration of the only monument in town was accomplished by the Heritage Association in 1981, at a cost of $5,000. The Heritage Association also financed the restoration of the Gazebo in Juan Verimendi Plaza, with the assistance of the City. The Downtown Association of San Marcos provided landscaping around the Courthouse Square by planting red Crepemyrtle trees and flowers in the planter boxes. The City of San Marcos is currently completing the restoration of the Old Fish Hatchery Building, the Rio Vista Parks and Recreation Building, and the Rio Vista Reserve Police Build- ing at a cost of over $150,000. Another civic improvement planned is the continuation of the River Walkway as a Ses- quicentennial project. 4. What will be the long-term impaCt of this project after support from the Texas Main Street Project is concluded? The long term impact of the Texas Main Street Project support will be the development of initiative and confidence from the citizens of San Marcos that downtown can be an economic- ally viable place to shop, work, and live. Once the restor- ations begin on the historic structures, this confidence will sprEad from business to business, from block to block, and so on. As more people rediscover downtown, retail sales will rise, properties will become more valuable, and a renewed interest will spread throughout the city. While all this is happening, a sense of pride in the downtown and the city as a whole will be developing, and will last long after the Texas Main Street Project has been concluded.