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AURORA ? Declaring that "the future of the city begins today," Mayor Tom Weisner Wednesday unveiled his plan to hasten the revival of downtown with sweeping technology upgrades and an overhaul of the area's aging water and sewer system ? all while investing some $60 million for a new central police station.
All three projects are part of the mayor's proposed 2006 budget plan, which relies on nearly $150 million in borrowing and the first city property tax hike in more than a decade.
The linchpin of the plan is a new, city-wide, wireless Internet network that would be the first of its kind in Illinois.
The new technology ? along with a city-owned fiber-optic network ? would help attract new businesses and new residents to the city by making Aurora "the regional leader in technology," Weisner said.
The two systems would cost the city about $15 million.
"These days, telecommunications infrastructure is just as important as any other form of infrastructure," he said. "If you can't connect, you can't compete."
At a press conference announcing the program, Weisner said he envisions a day when a downtown Aurora office worker can walk to a riverfront park on his lunch break, sit on a bench and access e-mail from a laptop computer.
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AURORA ? Declaring that "the future of the city begins today," Mayor Tom Weisner Wednesday unveiled his plan to hasten the revival of downtown with sweeping technology upgrades and an overhaul of the area's aging water and sewer system ? all while investing some $60 million for a new central police station.
All three projects are part of the mayor's proposed 2006 budget plan, which relies on nearly $150 million in borrowing and the first city property tax hike in more than a decade.
The linchpin of the plan is a new, city-wide, wireless Internet network that would be the first of its kind in Illinois.
The new technology ? along with a city-owned fiber-optic network ? would help attract new businesses and new residents to the city by making Aurora "the regional leader in technology," Weisner said.
The two systems would cost the city about $15 million.
"These days, telecommunications infrastructure is just as important as any other form of infrastructure," he said. "If you can't connect, you can't compete."
At a press conference announcing the program, Weisner said he envisions a day when a downtown Aurora office worker can walk to a riverfront park on his lunch break, sit on a bench and access e-mail from a laptop computer.
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