getting the engineering study that started to link the project together—a study that cost $30,000, funded through the Boone County Convention & Visitors Bureau. “That [project] has been a fun one and excellent opportunity to work with all the towns up and down the trail,” Elise said. “Steve was an advocate [of the trail] from day one and worked to bring the necessary parties together. It’s really neat now because the momentum is huge, and it is close to being a reality. He was very much involved with all the communities, discussions and grant processes and with the coordination of issuing letters of support to the communities as they would go after grants.” Another major project that Steve was dedicated to seeing through the process was the dark box loophole. Sadly, he did not live to see the most recent progress, but Elise knows he would be immensely proud of the momentum. “Steve and I made several trips down to the statehouse to lobby legislature for closing the dark box loophole,” Elise
shared. “Recently, another hurdle was overcome toward getting that loophole closed through legislation. Every time we cross another hurdle, I’m giving a thumbsup to Steve because he laid so much of the groundwork. I’m waiting for the day when it will be signed into law by our governor. That would have made Steve very pleased to protect the taxpayers from a tax shift.” Steve Jacob was a champion for all things Boone County that provided safety and health to the residents and prosperity to the businesses.
“Steve treated everybody with dignity and respect,” Tom stated. “He had character and charisma. He was a student of understanding governmental processes and wasn’t afraid to bring in consultants that were subject-matter experts. He knew how to bring the right teams together to provide knowledge-based actions for county government and beyond that. Everything we’re currently doing is based on a strong foundation that Steve helped set.”
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