Costas soon began an ambitious construction program. Through 2009, the city had spent $40M on roads, sewers, redevelopment of blighted areas, the water treatment plant, and other infrastructure, with over $30M having come from state and federal grants rather than local taxpayers. The city built a new police station, started a road repair program and obtained several grants for long-delayed sewer work. The "triangle" intersection was reworked into a roundabout, the first in the area. The city condemned a derelict shopping center and engaged a philanthropic local family to redevelop it. The family, owners of Urschel Laboratories, donated half the cost of building a new YMCA on the site.