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Two overhead railroad
bridges, one on East Auburn and one on the Blue Grass Road, were closed indefinitely to
all but foot traffic, by the Chariton City Council, effective Wednesday, February 5,
2003. The closings were the result of a negative engineer's report as to the
soundness of the two structures. Options to provide a convenient access to the city
will be studied in depth to come up with the best possible solution to the closing of the
bridges. A lane has been rocked to provide a temporary roadway for those families
living on the east side of the Auburn Avenue bridge. Gene
Keith, former City Street Supervisor before retiring, has provided the land for this
use. This will save residents having to travel extra miles to get into
town. 
At their March 17, 2003 meeting, The
Chariton City Council entered into an agreement with Calhoun-Burns and Associates, which
is a bridge specialty firm, to explore the cost of replacing the Auburn Avenue bridge, a
probable design, and feasibility study. Plans have been approved and work will start
as soon as all papeer work has been done for replacement of the Auburn Avenue bridge.
Representatives from Lucas County Tourism met with the
Chariton City Council recently with an entrance sign
proposal for the City of Chariton. They reported that the nine counties in the
Chariton Valley Tourism Region are promoting a coordinated entrance sign program
for each community in the nine counties area. This area has been named the Historic Hills Corridor. The logo to be used is
part of a new tourism campaign to highlight the beautiful drives along Highway 34 and
Highway 2 in Southern Iowa. The Historic Hills Advisory Group is inviting each of
the communities in the region to participate in a joint application for a Transportation
Enhancement funds grant, which is expected to be funded in 2005. The council
gave their approval for a letter of intent to
participate in the program to be sent on behalf of the City of
Chariton. At their last meeting, members of the Historic Hills Initiative
recommended that all communities in the Chariton Valley
Tourism Region promote the planting of red bud trees hoping to expand on the success of
the red bud plantings that have been promoted by the Chariton Chamber of Commerce the past
few years. It is felt this has been a very successful program coupled with the
many trees at Red Haw State Park and has been an effective tourism tool. They
are hoping this mass planting would provide an incentive for visitors to vist the area.
The remodeling of the second floor of the Vredenburg Center is completed and the Lucas County Health
Center has started providing Kids Life services at that location. There is office
space available in the building and inquires should be directed to the LCHC for
details.
Stratford Homes. The plant is in full
production with an average of 1 1/2 new homes built a week. Pictures 3/14/2001 (Web Page)
See the Vredenburg -
Chariton Family Aquatic Center. The ribbon cutting was over a year ago. Pool Project Pictures!!! Updated 8/1/2001
The Chariton City Council, Chariton Park and Recreation
Board, the Swimming Pool Committee, and the Chariton Recreation Department have put
together and endorsed the following list of items that they would like to see added to the
new aquatic facility and Bingham Park if funds were available. Early planning discussions
included some of these items in the pool design, but they were eliminated in order to trim
overall project costs. See Details.
The E911 system has been placed into
service. According to Project Manager, Tim McGee, the system has been 99%
correct. All City of Chariton residents will use the address they have been using
with the exception of those who have been receiving their mail on a rural route.
Those residents will now use their street address as their official
address. The E911 Service Board has certified all rural addresses.
County residents have received letters with their new
assigned addresses. Those addresses will be
certified to the county Postmasters.
The Department of Natural Resources Trumpeter Swan
Restoration Team has released a pair of flightless swans in
the Northwest Park Pond as part of a cooperative effort between the City of Chariton,
Lucas County Development Corporation, Hy-Vee, Mike Hunter and
the Lucas County Conservation Board.
Old
Betsy in Home Coming
Parade
Chariton Volunteer Fire Department
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