List the three most important things the community needs to do to improve New Franklin over the next five years:

HOUSING (14)

- Housing development on existing land inside city limits. Create housing, as needed. Additional housing. Affordable housing for new families to come into. Housing. More homes. Housing development. Housing (maybe). More housing. Develop sub-division…more housing means more taxes. More housing. New housing. Housing. Additional housing.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (12)

- Bring in business. Economic Growth. Get new business, bring downtown back. Economic Development. Business. Economic Development. Attract (rich?) businesses. The city needs to make more opportunities for businesses. Develop restaurants, stores. Small businesses. Jobs. Economic Development-jobs and businesses.

STREETS/SIDEWALKS (7)

- Streets and curbs. Streets/sidewalks. Improve streets. Street improvements. Pave/widen many of the streets. Work to do street improvements. Sidewalk improvements.

ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH (6)

- Address activities for our young people. Activities-youth. Activities for youth. Get youth involved in city business. Improve opportunities for young people-pool, summer employment, play areas. Things for youth.

APPEARANCE (4)

- Improve appearance of certain (derelict) properties. Improve physical appearance-especially coming into town. Clean the town up. Clean and repair existing older property.

- Sewer.

- Rec area for everyone.

- Revitalize downtown.

- Water.

- New Franklin needs to get rid of the old trailer courts and houses that are falling down.

- The city needs to lower the poverty level.

- Community involvement.

- Infrastructure.

- Property maintenance

- Growth.

List the three major issues facing the area which could prevent New Franklin from growing in the future:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (9)

- Lack of business opportunity. Jobs-locally. Lack of child care for working parents. No employment opportunities. No place to shop. Lack of downtown business. Lack of business. Lack of jobs. New business coming in.

CITIZEN SUPPORT/INVOLVEMENT (8)

- Lack of citizen support and involvement in local business ventures and activities. No one will or would work together. People not working together to improve the town. Citizens not participating-voting down any tax increase. Interest. Lack of community involvement-especially youth. Lack of community involvement. Participation from citizens.

HOUSING (6)

- Lack of new housing-too close to Boonville. Lack of quality housing. Lack of suitable, adequate housing. No housing. Lack of affordable housing. Lack of housing.

FUNDING (5)

- Tax Base decreasing. People moving out. Lack of money. Keep raising taxes. Lack of funding.

CITY GOVERNMENT (5)

- City council loosing focus and direction. No planning by the city. Infrastructure. No one enforces “ordneses” (ordinances?) Attitude of city not treating taxpayers the same.

APPEARANCE(3)

- Overall appearance of the town. Neglected property/homes-unsightly trash. Allowing existing property to deteriorate.

- No one would sell land for development.

- Apathy.

- Poverty Ratio.

- Drug Ratio.

- Commercial lots/housing authority.

- Floodplain.

- Nothing for kids to do.

- Streets.

- School not able to handle enrollment growth.

What are some of the special buildings or man-made places that someone who is walking or driving around your community likely to see?

- Boone’s Salt Lick and Boonslick state park

- Santa Fe Trails and marker

- Historic Places

- KATY Trail/KATY round house

- Caboose

- School

- The rock-downtown

- Snoddy’s

- Downtown

- River scene-mansion by river

- Oldest Baptist Church (1^st Baptist)

- Oldest Theatre (movie house)

- Oldest Newspaper

- Fort Hempstead

- Hickman House

- The Locker

- Birthplace of Sara Evans

- Viaduct

If you were to recommend a place in New Franklin for others to visit-where or what would it be?

- Boone’s salt lick

- KATY Trail/roundhouse

- Caboose

- Santa Fe Trail marker

- School

- University Farm-other history/museum/churches

- Jenning Premium meats

- The historical museum

- The rock, downtown

- River scene

- Rocheport winery

- Casino

- Hickman House (future)

- Kingdom City

- The Locker

- South Howard County Historical society

- University Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center

- Original site of Franklin Memorial at park

Are there any other qualities that make New Franklin unique?

- Quiet and safe place to raise children.

- Birthplace of Santa Fe trail

- KATY Trail park

- New Franklin’s history/historical framework of community

- Quality schools

- Overall good community

- Proximity to Boonville and Columbia

- Small town ambiance/charm

- Old railroad town

- The great/kind citizens

- Can walk around town at any hour and feel safe-lots of people do every night.

- Birthplace of Sara Evans

- Jelly Settle

- Missouri River

- Boonslick Tourism Area

- Wildlife refuges