Community Community Profile Government Lowell is incorporated as a Town, with an area of 4.5 square miles and is governed by a five member town council elected every four years. The council hires a professional Town Manager to serve as the administrative head. Town government also includes a Plan Commission, a Board of Zoning Appeals, an Economic Development Commission, and a Park Board appointed or hired by the council. The Clerk-Treasurer, who serves as the fiscal officer, is elected to a four year term from the town wards. In addition to local banks, dentists, physicians and attorneys, Lowell has many retail establishments.
Several industries employ a total of over three hundred.
Forty service-oriented business, a dozen wholesale traders, and over eighty retail traders make up the business mix. Lowell lies within West Creek and Cedar Creek. No municipal sales tax may be imposed, nor does Lake County impose a county income tax. Property taxes on rehabilitated or newly constructed structures in certain areas can be reduced for a period of ten years. Property taxes on new manufacturing equipment can be reduced for five years.