The city's comprehensive plan predicts that the population will grow to between 7,400 and 8,600 people by the year 2010, if the trend documented since 1950 continues. Mr. Long added there seem to be more and more new faces in town each year. However, a lot of new faces doesn't mean a lot of changes, he explained. Mr. Long said he saw the same circumstances in the western suburbs of Chicago during an internship. People are moving to Geneseo because they like the way it looks and feels, not to change the city.
Residents look for improvements, but in incremental changes, explained the city administrator.
With a city council and comprehensive city plan interested in keeping the idea of Victorian Geneseo alive, it is not likely that they will seek to change a city that is attracting so many new residents. Copyright 2000, Moline Dispatch Publishing Co.