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Ironwood meets goals set in comprehensive plan

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood has accomplished many goals set in the comprehensive plan that was adopted 18 months ago, according to community development director Michael Brown.

“We’ve done a lot,” Brown told city commissioners last month.

He said 98 percent of the projects that were implemented were funded by outside funding sources. It breaks down to grants of $3.2 million to the city, matched by the city’s contributions of $65,243.

The plan, adopted in July of 2014, was the recipient of the 2015 Daniel Burnham award for comprehensive plans from...