2010

The Panther Plex opened for the 2010 football season.

City Hall moved from 115 W. Jefferson to 301 Walnut Street.

Sarah Palin spoke at Five Points Washington.    She gave her speech April 17, 2010, entitled “You Don’t Need A Title to Make A Difference.”  Participants had several ticket options, from just the keynote speech, to attending a more intimate banquet and the speech, to a “private” meeting with the speaker.  500 tickets for only the keynote address ran from $75-$100, which sold out within hours. 400 banquet tickets were sold in groups of eight for $1500 and were snatched up in the first 24 hours.  100 private reception tickets went for $2,500 each and all of them sold as well. 

With a flurry of development around the bypass Washington's population rose to 15,134 in the 2010 U.S. Census.