Editing Connell, Washington (section)

===Present day===
The primary industrial base is [[agrochemical|agricultural chemicals]] and the [[Coyote Ridge Corrections Center]], a minimum and medium-security correctional facility that is capable of holding 2600 offenders. The community is also home to the North Franklin School District where there is a high school, junior high, grade school and administration offices.<ref name="NFSD">{{cite web |title=North Franklin School District |url=https://www.nfsd.org/ |website=nfsd.org |publisher=North Franklin School District |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref>

In 1998 the city approved a "water system plan" that would include the purchase of additional water rights to secure water for future growth in residential, commercial and industrial activities. By 2007, the water system plan was completed. New waterlines had been installed to replace aging pipes, reservoirs were upgraded and additional wells were brought into the system.<ref name="WSP2016">{{cite web |author1=Anderson Perry & Associates |title=Water System Plan |url=https://www.cityofconnell.com/vertical/Sites/%7B5EC177C6-8A65-48BE-BB20-78D21372A172%7D/uploads/2016_Water_System_Plan(1).pdf |website=cityofconnell.com |publisher=City of Connell |access-date=April 30, 2022 |page=1{{hyphen}}2 |date=June 2016}}</ref>

Continuing the community's infrastructure overhaul, the city also rebuilt Columbia Avenue, the main thoroughfare, and reconstructed its industrial streets, and received a grant award to reconstruct a portion of Clark Street. This roadway connects the downtown to Highway 260 on the west side of town, and serves the junior and senior high schools and administration buildings for the school district.<ref name="USGS2020" /> Several businesses have left the city and very few new businesses have been established.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}