[Source: Beth Lucas, East Valley Tribune] -- Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman focused on the future in his State of the Town address Tuesday -- thanking town officials and volunteers for hard work in 2005 that has set up 2006 success stories. “We’re creating a town we can all be proud of and proud to live in,” Berman said. Historic preservation was key in 2005, and 2006 will bring the results of some of that planning as the town’s first jail is renovated as part of a water tower park (pictured above) in the Heritage District. Town history will also be preserved in two parks that open this year -- Discovery Park, named after Columbian mammoth tusks found in 2005 near Pecos Road and Val Vista Drive, and Cosmo Park, named for the town’s first police dog. These are important elements, he said, in a town where one-third of the residents are 13 and younger...[Note: To read the full article, click here. Photo source: Town of Gilbert.]
