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State of the City

2007

Presented by
Mayor Johnny L. DuPree, Ph.D.
 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
• Widening of West 4th Street
• Realigning of Hardy Street from Hwy 49 to
Interstate 59 with Intelligent Transportation
Systems installed
• Interchange Between Lincoln Road and Interstate
59
• Overpass study
• Loop Road / Bypass for Hattiesburg
. Extension of Longleaf Trace to Main Street

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 FINANCIAL SECURITY
• No tax increase

• Highest sales tax income in city’s history

• 35 Percent Increase

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 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Comprehensive Plan
• Flood Plain Maps
• Completion of Brownsfield Study for
Mobile-Bouie Street Area
• 2006 - issued 160 Million Dollars worth of
new construction permits
• Train Depot
• Hub City Transit Improvement/USM

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 POLICE
• Crime Rate
• Year to Date 18% Decrease Part One
Crimes
• Great Program/Gang Prevention
• Increase Officer Pay
• Additional Officers (88+21=109)
• Police Substation
• Foot/Bike Patrol
• Reaccreditation
• New Police Facility
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 FIRE PROTECTION

• Rebuilding Main Fire Station

• Updating fleet with new Ladder Truck
and Fire Engine
• National Accreditation

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 RECREATION
• Chain Park
• One Million Dollars to start
• Master Plan

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 PUBLIC SERVICES
• 17 million dollar Sewer and Drainage Bond
Issue
• Purchased 4 million dollars in generators
for critical need facilities
• 2.2 million dollars spent in Road Paving
Projects since April 2006 which equals 35
miles of Streets.

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 ADMINISTRATION
TECHNOLOGY

• New Website
• Wireless Internet Zones at Community
Centers and Parks
• Adding Train Depot

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 UPCOMING INITIATIVES
• Get Healthy Hattiesburg
• Kickoff April 11th at City Hall
• Digital Divide
• Cisco Systems
• Wireless Hattiesburg
• Cisco Systems
• USM Business Incubator
• Right Way to Throw Away
• Forrest, Lamar and University of Southern Mississippi
Partnership
• Lighting Project
• Highway 11-Highway 49-Highway 98

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 UPCOMING INITIATIVES
Continued
• $640,000 for a Transporium between Hattiesburg
and the Hattiesburg Public School District
• Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Pedestrian
Lighting Project
• Wade Kennedy Community Center Project
• Unity in the Community April 14th 8am-2pm
• Received Governor’s Award for Community partnership

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 ANNUAL REPORT
If you would like a copy of the
City of Hattiesburg’s 2006
Annual Report, please fill out a
request form, which is located at
the table by the main entrance.
Both digital and electronic
copies are available.
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