Achievements

  • Allen has built the necessary relationships to secure 6.5 millions in grants from both state and federal officials
  • Spent $632,000 in paving over 75 City streets
  • Landfill closure $7.4 million ( Funded by State)
  • Working with Team Taylor brought 469 jobs to our community both new and existing businesses
  • Unemployment rate fell from 7.3% in 2003 to 4.6% in 2006
  • Reduced the work force in many departments by reorganization & cross training
  • New Skate Park at Miller Park ( Grants and donations)
  • Renovated old bowling alley to youth center (now Sport Spot)
  • Resurfaced tennis courts (Grants and donations )
  • Rework the golf course ( City workforce)
  • Built new ladies restrooms at Little League fields
  • Paved parking lot at Trace Creek girls fields
  • Reworked and tiled the soccer fields ( City workforce)
  • Constructed a new concession stand and bath rooms at soccer field ( Local contractor furnished labor and materials & city workforce)
  • Maintained city properties by replacing roofs, painting and replacing worn out floors.
    ( When possible work done by city workforce)
  • Provided additional space for police and fire departments
  • Installed a new state of the art telemetry system at water treatment plant which enables us to visually review all the system including the water storage tanks.
  • Replaced old water and sewer lines plus added -----lines in the county
  • Build new 3 pump station to better enable the water department to serve the community
  • Upgraded the water treatment plant with new filters and settling basins to provide safer water, installed an automatic flusher in water system to maintain better quality of water.
  • Replace 2" galvanized water line with larger lines in the City.
  • Installed water line and lift station for Bass Ridge ( $68,000 grant)
  • Built a new chemical building to provide better treatment of our water ( Work done by city workforce)
  • Upgraded and reworked the sewer plant
  • Upgraded sewer lines in the City
  • Remodeled building, office and lab at sewer plant and sewer collection department (Work done by City Workforce)
  • Replaced equipment with new or good used equipment such as police cars, garbage trucks, medic unit, pick up trucks, lawn mowers, bush hogs,
  • Moved City Hall to new water department building this move made it possible to combine services and reduce overhead.
  • Used PRIDE Grants for “Clean Taylor County”. (More than $150,000. in grant funds)