The document discusses critical issues and solved issues from various community members. It addresses problems like dangerous potholes, lack of pet areas, contaminated drinking water, and traffic from construction sites. Solutions implemented included adding a stoplight, picking up snow debris, putting up water conservation signs, paving a highway, and constructing a bicycle pathway and new restaurants. The community worked to identify and solve various infrastructure, safety, environmental, and quality of life problems.

1. Ashley Baginski

2. Critical IssueThere are a lot of dangerous potholes on the road that can cause damage to vehicles.

3. Issue SolvedThere was a much needed stoplight put in at the end of her street.

4. Craig Bova

5. Critical IssueThe town is spending too much money to keep a local historic site heated in the winter. This wouldn’t be an issue if people were actually visiting it but it is boarded up.

6. Solved IssueThe town decided that they would come from house to house to pick up the debris from the recent snowstorm (something they have never done in the past).

7. Jennifer Dunngan

8. Critical IssueToo many people in town run red lights. People show an extreme disregard for safety and the law. It is always at the same intersections but no cops or cameras have been put in place yet.

9. Issue SolvedThe amount of crime and disobedience at the mall has gone down. They created a law that prohibits minors from entering the mall after 4pm without a parent/guardian. They even have local police at the mall.

10. Kelly Burja

11. Critical IssuePeople in the community have a misconception that freshwater is a never ending resource. Only 1% of the water in the whole world is available for human consumption.

12. Issue SolvedThere have been signs put up around the community warning to conserve water.

13. Kristen Kasey

14. Critical IssueA major highway in the community, 9W, has to be paved. It is in bad condition and is noticeable while driving on it.

15. Issue SolvedThe community works very hard to preserve and rebuild historic sites like Bannerman Island.

16. Monique Butler

17. Critical IssueThe drinking water in the community is contaminated.

18. Issue SolvedThere has recently been a community day organized to bring members of the community together to share ideas and even have fun.

19. Suzanne Hettinger

20. Critical IssueThe community is a hard place to live and work. While home prices are at a low, taxes and rent are high as well as employment opportunities being low.

21. Issue SolvedThere will be an addition at a local hospital that will provide employment opportunities for constructors and hospital employees.

22. The following interviewees are faceless as requestedHowever, I was given permission to represent them with cartoon/ animations. Here goes the last three interviewees along with their critical issues and solved issues…

23. Ben S.

24. Critical IssueThe amount of garbage that is on the sides of the roads. Anywhere you go there is garbage on the side of the roads.

25. Solved IssueThere have been some people and programs that go out and clean up some areas and recycle some of the garbage and debris on the side of the road.

26. Heather L.

27. Critical IssueThat there aren’t enough places for pets to run freely. Some parks don’t even allow pets.

28. Issue SolvedThere is a bicycle pathway being constructed throughout town so it is safer for bicycles to travel on the road.

29. Joseph P.

30. Critical IssueThat construction trucks are making the roads dirty from entering and exit construction sites off main roads. They are also slowing traffic down.

31. Issue SolvedThere have been new restaurants and places to eat being put up around town. The new places makes more of a variety in foods to eat in town.