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Desert Hot Springs details nine‑month strategic plan progress and secures $11.3M downtown grant
Summary
City Manager Doria Willms told the council the city has completed 45 of 177 strategic plan action items and is pursuing an $11.3 million Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant to fund sidewalks, a transit hub and bike connections in downtown Desert Hot Springs.
Doria Willms, Desert Hot Springs city manager, told the City Council on April 7 that the city’s nine‑month update on its 2025–27 strategic plan shows “substantial forward momentum,” with 45 action items completed, 80 in progress, 35 institutionalized as ongoing and 17 scheduled for future initiation.
Willms told the council the plan’s 11 focus areas include freeway‑corridor infrastructure, a downtown revitalization strategy and public‑safety staffing. She said staff has advanced coordinated planning with regional partners on sewer…
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