PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (January 21st)

Fellow Lion's, take a look around you today and welcome our guests!

Please introduce yourself and answer any questions about our club. We have a great club that serves our community and we have done a good job or recruiting new members to our club. Lets hope that our guests will join us as fellow Lion's!

We Serve ……… Mark Miller

TODAY’S MEETING (January 21st)

Member-Guest Luncheon - Jeff Bell, Iraq Mission Member Quest, will be our featured speaker for this event.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

January 28 … TBD

February 4 … TBD

February 11 … TBD

BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

Ed Stachovic – Jan. 22nd None

ANNOUNCEMENTS

▪ None

DID YOU KNOW

▪ Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following Thanksgiving.

▪ Twenty-three of 32 NFL teams have played in the Super Bowl -- AFC (13), NFC (10).

LAST MEETING (January 14th)

Ron Gaines, Director of Developmental Services, City of Cedar Falls, provided the club with an extensive list of projects that the City is completing in the coming months or years. Mr. Gaines indicated that Cedar Falls has not seen some of the construction recession found in other parts of the country. Currently, at the beginning of January, the City has issued 37 more building permits than they did during the same time in FY07. Some of the larger commercial addition projects include Iowa Laser, Martin Brothers and Wayne Engineering. Other projects include the State Street Commercial/Residential development and possibly residential and commercial improvements on the former Broom Factory site.

Recent street projects include opening of Viking Road from Highway 58 to Cedar Heights Drive. This section of roadway opens additional development opportunities east of Highway 58. Target retail is planning to break ground in 6-8 months on the SE corner of Highway 58 and Viking Road.

Portions of University Avenue have been or will be reconstructed from Hudson Road to Highway 58 by 2009. In addition, the City is in the process of identifying a consultant to design the remainder of University Avenue from Highway 58 to Waterloo. Phase II of the College Hill Streetscape improvements will begin spring as well. Each year the City reconstructs numerous streets and this coming year is no exception. In addition, detention and storm water control projects are planned on Hudson Road and 19^th Street and downstream of the University Avenue detention basin near Panther Lane.

IT'S GREAT TO BE A LION!