CITY TOP 10 LIST

 SIOUX CITY'S RESPONSE TO THIS PAST SUMMER'S  MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD HEADS CITY MANAGER PAUL ECKERT'S TOP TEN LIST OF CITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2011.

ECKERT RELEASED HIS ANNUAL LIST AT HIS WEEKLY NEWS CONFRENCE.

A RECORD 21 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW ROAD AND BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SECOND.

THE NEW DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY MUSEUM WHICH HAS ATTRACTED OVER 50-THOUSAND VISITORS SINCE OPENING IN APRIL WAS THIRD. HERE'S THE REST OF THE LIST:

4. NATIONAL RECOGNITION INCLUDING FORBES MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO DO BUSINESS.

5. CREATION OF 120 NEW JOBS IN DIVERSE FIELDS

6. REDUCTION OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR.

7. HISTORIC TRANSITION AND JOB CREATION FOR THE FORMER MORRELL SITE NOW KNOWN AS THE YARDS I-29 BUSINESS PARK.

8. THE NEW FIRE STATION #4 AT STONE PARK AND HAMILTON BLVDS.

9. COMPLETION OF THE NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH OPERATION SAVINGS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

10. EIGHT NEW BUSINESSES IN THE HISTORIC PEARL STREET AND WEST END DEVELOLPMENT.