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Open for Business Timeline
2014 to PRESENT Project Safe Neighborhood
2014 to 2017 Building Integrated Communities Grant
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SEPT 2014 Sanford Citizens’ Academy Formation
JAN 2015 SAGA Development
2015 The Buggy Factory Opens for Business
MAY 2015 First Mural Art Installation
AUG 2015 Train Depot Building Acquisition
OCT 2015 Chinese Sister City Project Completion
2015 to 2016 Multi-Purpose Sports Complex Project Launch
JAN 2016 Mayor’s Empty Building Initiative Formation
MAY 2016 Streetscape & Pedestrian Improvement Bond Project
JULY 2016 Family Day with First Responders
FEB 2017 S3 Housing Connect Task Force Formation
MAY 2017 Parking Plan Development
JULY 2017 Pittsboro Sewer Line Agreement
AUG 2017 Cone with a Cop Initiation
MAY 2018 Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center Expansion
AUG 2018 DOWA Thermotech Announcement
SEPT 2018 Mayor’s Residential Task Force Formation
FALL 2018 Sanford/Lee County Master Development Plan Update
OCT 2018 Moncure Megasite Sewer Line Agreement
APR 2019 First Metal Art Installation
JUNE 2019 East Sanford Redevelopment Program Formation
AUG 2019 Pfizer Expansion Announcement
AUG 2019 Tourism Development Authority Launch
SEPT 2019 Bharat Forge Announcement
SEPT 2019 Renovated Kiwanis Park Opening
OCT 2019 Mexico Sister City Project Completion
FEB 2020 Audentes Therapeutics Announcement
APR YEARLY Sanford Block Party Revitalization
IN PROGRESS Visual & Performing Arts District Creation
ONGOING Mann Center of North Carolina Renovation
