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Demographics

City Population: 68,812
Square Miles: 22.37
Average Annual Precipitation: 35 inches
Median Age: 32 years old
Number of Households: 27,247
Number of Persons Per Household: 2.47
Miles of Streets: 270

Fire Protection
Number of Firefighters: 127
Number of Stations: 7
Insurance Rating: Class 2 ALS/EMS

Police Protection
Number of Police Offers: 127
Community-oriented Policing Focus

Major Health Care Units
Community Hospital: 330 bed facility
Mercy Medical Center: 337 bed facility
Extended Bed Care: 2,510
Physicians: 213

City Income Tax 2%

Local Property Tax (as of January 2001)
53.25 per \\$1000 for Residential and Agricultural
62.64 per \\$1000 for Commercial and Industrial

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport
1400 acres Commercial charter/Air taxi service
Primary runway 9,000' long and 150' wide
Secondary runway 5,500' long and 100' wide
JEDD District w/1% Income Tax Rate

Municipal Water Utilities
Number of Wells: 12
Miles of Water Mains: 306.7
Average Daily Consumption: 15.7 MGD
Maximum Daily Capacity: 35.0 MGD

Municipal Sewer Utilities
Number of Consumers: 24,925
Miles of Sanitary Sewers: 146
Miles of Storm Sewers: 37
Average Daily Load: 19 MGD
Maximum Daily Capacity: 32 MGD

Utility/Communication Utilities
Ohio Edison, 20 S. Limestone Street
Columbia Gas, 2101 West Main Street
Ameritech and 8 other long distance carriers
Time Warner
Springfield News-Sun and (6) radio/TV stations

Transportation
The City is served by I-70; I-75 (20 miles west); I-71 (30 miles south); and US Routes 40 and 68; Ohio Routes 4, 41, 72 and 334. Rail freight service is provided locally by the Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad (IOCR), Conrail, and CN Grand Trunk. Intermodal and reload sites are available. SCAT provides local bus service. Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati International Airports are within 30 to 90 minute drive time.

Industrial Parks

-Primeohio Corporate Park is located at the intersection of SR 41 and Interstate 70. Zoned I-2 (Second Business-Industrial) and has city utilities.
-Springfield Industrial Park is located east of Selma Road, north of Leffel Lane. Zoned I-1 (First Business-Industrial) and has city utilities.
-Airpark Ohio is located at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport is zoned I-1 (Light Industrial), and is four miles south of Interstate 70 with city utilities.

Education

The city school system includes 2 high schools, a joint vocational school, 5 middle schools, 13 elementary schools, and 7 parochial schools. In addition, Clark State Community College and Wittenberg University are located within the city. Within a 25 mile radius there also exists Wright State University, the University of Dayton, Antioch College, Cedarville College, Sinclair Community College, Urbana University, Central State University, and Wilberforce University.

Library Services

The Clark County Public Library provides services through the main downtown facility along with four branches and three bookmobiles. Over 300,000 volumes are available. A 100 seat meeting room is also available.

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