Fuzzy: Tusk Development 4719
Andalon stepped forward to speak in his capacity as Chancellor on the Tusk City Council.
"I would like to provide an outline of the improvements that the City Council would like to build in Tusk this year.
"We currently have 13 districts in the City of Tusk. Several of those districts are nearly full and overall the City is currently about three quarters full. That still leaves us development space equating to more than three districts, so we don't plan to open any other new districts this year.
"Instead we are planning to upgrade the outer wall of the City to a great wall, which will make Tusk an even more formidable obstacle to any future enemy seeking to threaten the southern borders of the Southern Region Federation. That is likely to be as far as we will go with city walls in future, but other districts are likely to develop outside the city walls in future years.
"We will continue our program of district upgrades by paving the streets in the last two districts (Garrison and Mariner) and extend the drainage system to include Watergate, Stadium and Domos.
"We will build a third garrison in the Garrison district and provide the resources those three garrisons need to improve the training and equipment of those troops to upgrade them from light to medium infantry and cavalry.
"We want to increase local food and textiles production, too, to ensure we can feed and clothe our growing population. So we intend to develop five new hamlets in the hinterlands outside the City. Each will be a great farm or ranch with an appropriate ancillary building to process that farm's produce. At this stage we are thinking of a wheat farm and flour mill, a sheep farm and weaving house, a hemp farm and rope walk, a cattle ranch and tannery, and an orchard with a workshop to make preserves from excess seasonal fruit production.
"We will also be working with Viscount Henry to, jointly, upgrade some of the roads across southern to highways to allow faster coach travel between Tusk and major settlements in Midmarch.
"Lastly, we will continue to assist the village of Barleyboro to grow and attract further investment to take advantage of the farming potential of the surrounding land over there. Together we will clear the land required for Barleyboro to expand from village to small town, build a palisade around the townsite to add to the security already offered by the fort, and establish a local market in Barleyboro."