There is always an annual announcement at 12:15am from Tom, and this one was more interesting than the previous years so far. He announced plans to move the museum, brick by brick, to the center of town. It was previously located in the north western corner of the island due to his initial idea of getting people to move around the island a bit more. However due to the islanders criticism of having to travel such a long way to get to it, more interest in the tourism boom to this island (due to us gaining a 4 star rating), and the expansion of the farm which was also located in the same area (which is a huge export money maker), Tom felt it was necessary to move the museum to the cliff located just above the town hall.
The other major announcement for our island was the inclusion of a new botanical garden, which was set to be located southwest of the town plaza and next to the campsite. This is due to rising tourism yet also for the lack of a social space other than the plaza itself. The botanical garden was to intrude into Lionals property, but Tom was to oversee his move to a new yet unknown area.
On top of all this, Tom announced a new stretch of the highway, to run in a straight line west of the plaza, in line with the eastern highway that already runs in a straight line heading east of the Plaza to shore. The whole project would mean both highways would effectively be dead straight from the south eastern shore to the south western shore, being connected to the plaza in the middle. Unfortunately this also meant intruding into a few gardens, but it was at this point that two rather inebriated Squirrels took over the mic and announced their official love for each other. This being Sally and Filbert. Filbert was supposed to be affected by the highway intrusion plans however Sally drunkenly announced he could just move into her huge island peninsular anyway.
Olivia and I, also very drunk, looked at each other and decided now would be a great opportunity to move next door to each other as well, so in a drunken stupor, we announced to do the same. This meant that in a few minutes Lional went from kinda moving to an unknown place to looking at moving to the land that was currently occupied by both Filbert and Olivia. Overall not a lot of deal breakers.
It's been over half a month now into the new year however things have been moving very fast. The museum was moved, the western highway built, Filbert moved into Sallys peninsula by the river, Olivia moved directly next door to me, and Lional moved into his new property and land space, gaining a slight extra bit of land than he did before. All the residents are extremely happy. In a bizarre move, everyone actually gained more land from the shifting around. The botanical garden is in its final stages of competition, and the farm has expanded on the mountain top. We also have a new wind turbine and solar panel installed by the museum to offset carbon emissions. Tom really knows how to plan a town. It's probably why he's such a tycoon. The major constructions were completed in such a short time so that it didn't really affect the tourism industry. We were also awarded the 5 star island status only a few days ago after an inspection of the new layout. The boost to the island revenue is going to be huge because of this!
