JONESBORO
Volume 24, Issue 3 March 2020
COMMUNITY NEWS “One Community, Many Stories”
Councilmembers: Pat Sebo-Hand, Mayor Protem Bobby Lester Tracey Messick Billy Powell Donya Sartor Ed Wise Ricky L. Clark, Jr., City Manager Wilfred Norwood, Acting Chief of Police David Allen, Community Dev. Director Joe Nettleton, Public Works Director Pat Daniel, Asst. City Clerk Sandra Meyers, Finance Derry Walker, Code Enforcement Fincher Denmark, Legal Counsel Keith Wood, Municipal Judge Jerry Patrick, City Solicitor City Hall (770) 478-3800 Jonesboro PD (770) 478-7407 NON-Emergency # (770) 477-3550
How about attending a City Council meeting? Hear the issues that are being discussed in YOUR city and meet your representatives as well as some of your neighbors. Meetings are held the 1st (Work Session) and 2nd (Council Meeting) Monday of every month at 6:00 pm in the courtroom at 170 South Main Street. Coming up on March 9, representatives from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will be present to discuss the widening project that is currently underway on Tara Boulevard. Work Session is your chance to discuss any issue before the Council at that time. See you there!
Sales Center
Special CENSUS CONCERT &
CELEBRATION This FREE event is in the planning stages for Lee Street Park...please check our city website and Facebook Page for upcoming details. Dear Citizens, A Message From the MAYOR The Census 2020 reporting day is April 1, 2020. I am asking each of you to PLEASE RESPOND to the Census . Households will receive their initial invitations to respond in the next few weeks. Over $675 billion in Federal funding depends on your response. Our city sidewalks, drainage projects, public buildings and more are determined by this funding. On a larger scale, County/State funding and Representation depend on YOU responding to the Census 2020. We need the numbers! All information is kept confidential and cannot be used by immigration or law enforcement in any way. Areas of low response receive lower funding. Our City goal is 90%. Please make it a priority to respond to the Census. I invite all of you to a special Concert/Celebration at Lee Street Park on April 1. We will have computers set up to assist you in responding. I hope to see you at the Park. Let’s celebrate Census 2020!
Joy Day
PLEASE UPDATE Your Information* On the City Phone Tree If you would like to be added to the Phone Tree, give us a call! Call (770) 478-3800 *Phone numbers are kept confidential March 11
Fig Tree Café—9 am 126 S. Main Street