- More than
100 citizens serve on 23 boards, commissions and
committees for the City of Piqua
- City of
Piqua has 5 weather warning sirens (with backup power
supply) to warn those citizens outside
- More than 42% of the total cost of
constructing the Linear Park was covered by various grants
- The National Arbor Day Foundation has
designated the City of
Piqua as a "Tree City, USA" city
- The retaining wall built along the Linear Park
- The River's Edge section (near the Main Street
Bridge) has more than 14,000 keystone blocks (each 8 inches
tall and 18 inches wide and weighing 110 pounds)
- The City of
Piqua maintains more than 150 miles of streets and 28
miles of alleys
- The Piqua
Fire Department responded to 450 fire runs and 3083 EMS
(Emergency Medical Service) runs in 2004
- The City of
Piqua Water Distribution system has more than 107 miles of
water main
- The City of Piqua Police Department
established a Piqua
Police Department Honor Guard in 2005
- Access Piqua Television Association (APTA)
Piqua TV5 (Piqua's Local Access Channel) provides
more than 6,100 hours a year - various programs from the
City of Piqua, area churches, area non-profit groups, social
service agencies, Upper Valley Medical Center, Piqua Area
Chamber of Commerce, Mainstreet Piqua, Piqua Arts Council,
and many others
- A portion of the Linear Park
- The
River's Edge section is constructed on the old towpath of
the Miami and Erie Canal
-
The City of Piqua received
more than $7.2 million in CDBG (Community Development Block
Grant) funds - for Downtown Revitalization, housing improvements
(CHIP) and other infrastructure projects from 1990 to 2004
-
From 1990 through 2004: CDBG funds
enabled 37 downtown buildings to be rehabbed, major rehab to 160
homes, minor repairs to 61 homes, and provided down payment
assistance and rehab funds to 47 "first-time homebuyer
families"
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The City of Piqua Engineering
Department issued more than 240 permits of various types in
2004
- The Linear Park
crosses the Great Miami
River on an old railroad bridge in excess of 500 feet long
- The City of
Piqua Wastewater Treatment Plant has the capacity to treat
4.5 million gallons of wastewater per day
- The City of
Piqua Wastewater system has more than 150 miles of
sanitary sewers and 6 pumping stations
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