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Article: Cityhood Suits Many Residents in Citrus Heights, Calif.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- August 25, 2003
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 25--The traffic circle at Carmelwood and Zenith drives doesn't look like much, just a cobblestone roundabout in a modest suburban neighborhood.
But for John Taylor, the circle is an example of the way life has improved since Citrus Heights incorporated in 1997.
Taylor said the circle and others like it have slowed traffic in his 1970s-era subdivision, which sits next to Interstate 80 near the Placer County line. "We used to have people racing through our neighborhood," he said.
Little by little, the leaders of this young city are improving ...