This is a letter of thanks and appreciation to our Code Enforcement Department in conjunction with our Community Redevelopment Department.

I moved to Lucerne seven years ago and, quite frankly, this place was a dump in comparison to where I had lived for the past 25 years.

Trash collected around homes, plywood siding, unpainted with windows of newspaper curtains. Individuals appeared to be living in campers next to various homes with extension cords. Illegal dumping flourished in our hillsides. Highway 20 through the town was deplorable.

Seven years later a major facelift has taken place throughout this town that appears to have had a snowball effect. The changes are significant and bright.

This only happened with county employees that did their job and cared in the process of that position and maintained a focus with goals and objectives.

Lenny Matthews lives in Lucerne.