Fort Scott, “the Jewel of S/E Kansas

I got a feeling… everything’s ‘gonna be OK,

I got a feeling… the Old Fort is here to stay.

We got engineers to lead us,

We got grants to rebuild Wall Street,

Sewer and water lines and Horton Street

We got a 100-block-per-year street improvement program,

With a new heated and stirred asphalt emulsion tank.

We even got a brick crew leveling up the historic brick streets!

I got a feeling… everything’s ‘gonna be OK,

I got a feeling… the Old Fort is here to stay.

We got funds that stay in the right place,

We got 6 mil in the sewer account, and we got plans

To start rebuilding per our comprehensive plan.

We got beer sales on Sundays and

We no longer have to go to the line.

We now have a million or two in the lake account, (Skitch led the way)

With lake improvements on-going (new docks, beach improvements,

Campground and shelter house repairs).

We have funds in our parks account, with improvements on the horizon.

I got a feeling… everything’s ‘gonna be OK,

I got a feeling… the Old Fort is here to stay.

We got new city management (born and raised in FS),

And commissioners who make policy and hold everyone accountable.

We got a new school district superintendent, and soon-to-be new college pres.

We got a new truck route policy (with enforcement coming)

This is to keep the heavy trucks off our side streets.

Best of all, we have a new attitude! “We Can” instead of “We Can’t”!

We are doing it! Just look at the renovations going on downtown

And you will see! Citizens of Fort Scott… pat yourselves on the back.

We have just begun!

I got a feeling… everything’s ‘gonna be OK,

I got a feeling… the Old Fort is here to stay.

 

Pete Allen

5/4/2023