By Sam Conner
Mayor Robin Boyd and a host of city officials and council members were present at the Route 66 Plaza in Win-slow for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Winslow Renaissance II project Dec. 3. The ceremony was presented by the city and Woodson Engineering.
Speakers at the ceremony included Mayor Boyd, Mark Woodson of Woodson Engineering, City Planner Paul Ferris and a representative of the Route 66 Association. City Manager Jim Ferguson, Boyd and a number of city council members and Arizona Department of Transportation officials participated in the groundbreaking.
The crowd included many Winslow business owners who have played roles in the planning and development of the project.
Woodson and other speakers recited the history of the project, which was first conceived in 1997, but was not granted funding until 2000. Funds have been obtained from ADOT, federal grants and turn back funds from the state for the city to take responsibility for the maintenance of Second and Third streets, which once were a vital part of Route 66.
He noted that the city has been fortunate in the timing of the project. Route 66 has just been declared an All American Road. The downturn in the economy has made the project more affordable than it would have been when first undertaken.
Photo by Matthew Barger
Those taking part in the groundbreaking for Winslow Renaissance II included (left to right) Phil Teselnik of the
Arizona Department of Transportation, City Planner Paul Ferris, City Manager Jim Ferguson, Mayor Robin Boyd,
Councilman Thomas Chacon, Councilwoman Marsha Jurgensen, Eagle Mountain Construction Vie President Todd
Sleeper, engineer Mark Woodson, Route 66 group leader Sharlene Fouser and Chamber Director Bob Hall Chamber.
