This is a common decision among cities that reach a certain size population.

Fifty percent of the world's population now lives in cities, those are the people who need this, ... We still get around cities the way the Greeks did 5,000 years ago; they put on sandals, we put on sneakers.

National retailers look closely at an area's numbers, especially population, before making the decision to open a store. As Bellingham gets closer to a population of 100,000, more retailers will consider Bellingham as a good market to enter.

We're just changing the name to better reflect the wider array of the services they perform.

If we get a better interest rate, great. If we get a lower interest rate or a worse interest rate, we will have to cut back on the number a little bit but we've got some flexibility built in with that.

What we have now is basically $68 million worth of projects that were recommended. Most of them were streets and there were a few million dollars for the jail.