Annual “Color the Wind” kite festival begins in Febuary .

The Cerro Gordo County Wind Farm. The wind farm consists of 56 turbines occupying 2.4 acres on a 2,100 acre site south of Clear Lake and Ventura.

The dedication was held at Central Gardens on the site of the Junior High School, 2nd Ave N and 8th Streets.

Opening of the new Clear Lake Arts Centeron 2nd Ave S

Opening of the municipal swimming pool on 2nd Ave. S.

This year marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Camp Tanglefoot, the Girl Scout camp on the south shore. Girl Scouting was first organized in Clear Lake in 1915.

The CLEAR project to improve the water qaulity in Clear Lake completed a major dredging projet on the ” Little Lake” the west end.

The Clear Lake Fire Department dedicates a memorial to the fire fighters at the 2011 Twin Towers collapse with steel from the buildings

A new 200,000 gallon water tower is erected along Highway 18 to serve Clear Lake’s growth.

The iconic 50,000 gallon downtown water tower is demolished.

McKesson opens a 340,000 SF pharmaceutical distribution facility in the Clear Lake Industrical Park.