New Grantenture

[pottebaum 0]

Welcome to New Grantenture!

New Grantenture is a territory of Simnation. It was founded 200 years ago, and today has a population of 50,000; comprised of five cities: Holstein, Hoesen, St. Peters, Rochester, and Rockford.

Each city has a City Council that deals with city-wide transportation, city finances, health and education, utilities, city beautification, and many other things. The Federal Governing Council (FGC) has the final word on all zoning, regional transportation, and the laws by which the citizens of New Grantenture live by.

The City of Holstein

Residents: 34,000
Commercial jobs: 18,000
Industrial jobs: 9,000



Holstein, the largest city in New Grantenture, is quiet and family-oriented. Although, it is also a bustling center of commerce. It has emerged from years of decline and financial chaos to become a city of over 34,000 people and hundreds of thriving businesses.

City views

Neighborhood map:






Downtown
There are many businesses outside of downtown, but this is the only area designated as the regional central business district. 80% of the regions commercial jobs are located within, or around, the CBD.



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Historic Row District





Holstein Gardens
This is what Holstein's all about.







Park Village
Once packed with low-income apartment buildings, Park Village has quickly become a desirable neighborhood thanks to an improved economy and education district.





Wells Park District

While it's really defined as a seperate district than Downtown, WPD is a thriving business district and newly established residential neighborhood. It is based around Wells Park.






Holstein Industrial Park

The Holstein Industrial Park is quickly losing its job-market dominance to Rochester, as requested by the FGC.



Several of the old factories are landmarked.





NEXT....

Holstein financial update

[sloppet 3]

nice work... Keep it up

[gerAndi 29]

looks really good !

[NicolaiS 8]

Great start ... nice suburbs.

[jacqulina 162]

excellent start

[rooker1 4]

Very tight city and yet it looks very realistic, I like it.  Keep the pics coming.

 

L8r

[pottebaum 0]

Thanks guys!

I actually think the homes in Holstein Gardens look more urban than the default setting for R$$ single family homes; sort of like what you find in older US cities.

My main goal is to keep this looking realistic. I've actually had a few highrises pop up, like Brink Realestate and that shiny blue one..but I had to demolish them before they were complete because they looked bad in the place they developed.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

This is  a good CJ. I like your suburban sprawl!

[theblademaster 1]

Good looking region,

I like the layout of the suburbs in Holstein!

It looks like an nice area to live.

 

 

 

[pottebaum 0]

lol, which suburbs are you talking about? I haven't even gotten close to building those yet!

[pottebaum 0]

HOLSTEIN FINANCIAL UPDATE

Current treasury: $1,123,000
Highest treasury holding on record: $1,123,000
Lowest treasury holding on record: -$10,000 [about 40 years ago]

Forty years ago the city's financial situation was in near ruins. As a last resort, nearly every department saw funding cut by up to 25% and taxes for commercial office jobs ($$ and $$$) were risen to 9%.

The education and health systems nearly collapsed, demand for office jobs halved, and new housing construction was at a stand-still. However, forty hears later, the treasury has rebounded to levels never seen before, and living conditions are better than ever. Commericial taxes were even reduced to an all time low just five years ago.

[texanpride786 2]

this is great..........

[andrew george 0]

Some very enjoyable pictures, good work so far. I like your park and suburbs.

 

A

[jessyka who? 1]

Woah that's a lot of suburban housing! Definently realistic though. I really like the organization and layout of your CJ too. The financial update is very neat too. Keep up the great work!

-Bryan

[pottebaum 0]

MINI-UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN HOLSTEIN

Hoesen isn't yet ready for an update, and I was anxious to show you all the new stuff happening in the downtown area of Holstein. Smile

Over the past 10 years, the number of office jobs has jumped by about 30%, and the population of the region has risen to over 100,000. This has all been fueled by growth in the suburbs. [many of which are R$ sims *Embarassed*]

So, here it is...



Does it look pretty realistic? That's what I'm really aiming for.

The next big thing to deal with is transportation. The avenues have become pretty cramped, and there's no way I can construct a new highway at this point. Hopefully more bus stops can get the job done for now.