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QUESTIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES, 2008
What do you see as the City’s role in preservation of historic sites?
Should the City be proactive or respond to community proposals? Should
the City and/or Redevelopment Agency be a funding source?
Given that Folsom’s history includes significant contributions and
specific sites relating to gold mining, ranching, Native American
culture and religion, Chinese settlement, the first railroad in the
West, the first power transmission in the world, and the first
cross-country automobile route, in your opinion, how significant is
the role of heritage/cultural tourism in the City’s economic future
and what will it take to capitalize on these historic resources?
What is your vision for the City-owned historical/cultural resources,
specifically the Chinese Diggings, the Superintendent’s House on the
railroad wye, the Murer House, the Southern Pacific Depot, and the
Interpretive Area?
What are your priority objectives relative to the Historic District
Revitalization project?
What is your vision for future use of the property located in the
Historic District which is currently occupied by the Corporation Yard?
When visitors and residents drive into the City from U.S. 50 onto
Folsom Boulevard, what impression of the City do you want them to
have?
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