Officials want to improve 1st impressions of county with ‘Gateway to Clay’ initiative

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Project volition code prime of beingness issues, nuisance crimes, beautification projects on Wells Road

County officials privation to code prime of beingness issues on Wells Road and motorboat a bid of beautification projects arsenic portion of a programme called Gateway to Clay that they announced Thursday astatine the Orange Park Mall.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – First impressions are important, and that’s wherefore Clay County officials accidental they are rolling retired a caller inaugural to amended the infrastructure of Wells Road, which is simply a fashionable thoroughfare into the county.

“You lone get 1 accidental for a archetypal impression, and archetypal impressions make the lens from which you presumption the remainder of the county, however you travel, entertain and dine successful Clay County,” County Commissioner Jim Renninger said.

County officials privation to code prime of beingness issues on Wells Road and motorboat a bid of beautification projects arsenic portion of a programme called Gateway to Clay that they announced Thursday astatine the Orange Park Mall.

They’ve been collecting information to make a strategical program to marque Wells Road a much inviting spot to unrecorded and work.

“I similar the Wells Road country due to the fact that it does person a batch of traffic, but aft going up and down the road, I was like… a batch of it is darkness. A batch of the stores and portion malls didn’t look appealing,” said Orange Park nonmigratory Tiffany Jones, who owns Events by Tiffany J.

That’s why, Jones said, she chose to unfastened her wedding and lawsuit readying concern close wrong the Orange Park Mall alternatively than on Wells Road. She and others said parts of Wells Road are uninviting -- thing that officials anticipation to alteration with the Gateway to Clay initiative.

“We each person a vested involvement successful the brand, the quality and concern of Clay County,” County Manager Howard Wanamaker said.

Clay County officials said Gateway to Clay is simply a combined effort betwixt authorities and national agencies, who are engaging concern owners and archetypal responders for input. The thought is to code section prime of beingness issues and nuisance crimes, portion expanding the enforcement of postulation and pedestrian laws.

“What I’m seeing is simply a deterioration of the vicinity and erstwhile there’s deterioration of the neighborhood, the criminals consciousness similar it’s OK, radical don’t care. They deliberation it’s OK to perpetrate a crime,” Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said. “And we are going to halt that with this Gateway to Clay initiative.”

County officials added that the Department of Public Works has actively identified projects that summation nationalist information and beautify the area. They’ve besides reviewed the latest census information and volition besides soon solicit input from the community.

County officials said they are successful opening stages of this inaugural and volition beryllium looking for wealth from the authorities and national level for backing arsenic good arsenic grants.

Clay County officials volition besides beryllium soliciting input from the assemblage connected a caller website that they volition beryllium launching soon, arsenic good arsenic hosting a assemblage readying forum, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. The nationalist is invited to bring their ideas.