By Allyson Essink
On July 22, 2017, the town of Clarksville lost the city hall in a fire caused by a suspicious 23-year-old male. However, this year they plan on rebuilding in the same location.
The mayor has big plans on the rebuilding of the city hall. “We are going to start doing all the preliminary work. We are going to lay concrete and lay pipes and stuff down for winter,” said mayor Val Swinton. “The plans are going pretty well, and we discuss them regularly. Everything is falling into place!” said Swinton. “It’s been 15 months since the fire. We wished we would have jumped on it earlier, but things seem to be falling into place,” said Swinton.
Swinton assured that the newly rebuilt city hall will be finished in the near future as well as be located in the same spot. “I can’t give you an exact date, but early spring late summer we’ll have it ready for use! It will also be rebuilt in the same location as the old one,” said Swinton.\
On July 22, 2017, the town of Clarksville lost the city hall in a fire caused by a suspicious 23-year-old male. However, this year they plan on rebuilding in the same location.
The mayor has big plans on the rebuilding of the city hall. “We are going to start doing all the preliminary work. We are going to lay concrete and lay pipes and stuff down for winter,” said mayor Val Swinton. “The plans are going pretty well, and we discuss them regularly. Everything is falling into place!” said Swinton. “It’s been 15 months since the fire. We wished we would have jumped on it earlier, but things seem to be falling into place,” said Swinton.
Swinton assured that the newly rebuilt city hall will be finished in the near future as well as be located in the same spot. “I can’t give you an exact date, but early spring late summer we’ll have it ready for use! It will also be rebuilt in the same location as the old one,” said Swinton.\
Swinton also assured that there will be improvements made to the city hall. “We are going to make city hall handicap accessible as well as a much nicer form to it. The old city hall was 100 years old. This one is going to be more contemporary,” said Swinton. He went on to say, “It's also going to have more offices. There really was no walls that separated out the offices, except for the police department. Now everyone will have their own office.”
“There will be a garage added to store vehicles. It will look a lot more modern and be a better use of space,” said Swinton. Swinton seems content with where they are in the rebuilding process. “I'm happy with where we are. It will be very attractive, and I will be proud of the finished product. I’m happy with how things are moving along at this point,” said Swinton.
Overall, Swinton seems happy with how things are moving along in this process of rebuilding a piece of the town. It is nice to know the improvements that are coming to the new city hall. It is sad to say goodbye to the old city hall, but sometimes change is necessary.
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