Kokomo Named Indiana Chamber’s 2011 Community of the Year

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has honored the City of Kokomo with its 2011 Community of the Year Award. The State Chamber honored Kokomo for maximizing its strengths and forming partnerships with private industry, higher education, and local economic development organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance to develop innovative strategies to enhance the city’s image and facilitate economic growth. Those Initiatives include: · Projects that replaced downtown traffic signals with decorative four-way stop signs, converted one-way streets to two-way, and removed over 400 parking meters. · The revitalization of downtown Kokomo through infrastructure improvements, the creation of a TIF district and...

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