News: Thorp – Building and Improvements (1973)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mead

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 27 Dec 1973

Russel B. Mead, Thorp City Clerk, reports a very successful year for building and improvements in Thorp.

A $400,000 Thorp Care Center and Clinic was completed; eight new residences were erected at a total cost of $178,500; 10 residential garages were constructed at a cost of $21, 250, and home additions and improvements totaled $4,000.

Thor invested $17,650 in blacktopping streets; $3,076 in curb and gutters; $1,900 in city park improvements; $1,442 in driveways on city property, and $664 in sidewalks.

Improvements in Thorp in 1973 totaled $628,482.

The real estate improvements were made since May and will enter the 1974 tax rolls.