Gainesville 101: the City of Gainesville’s Citizens’ Academy

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Purpose of the Citizens’ Academy

Introduce citizens in the community with Gainesville city government, including: The function of city departments and services

available to our citizens The relationship between the City

Commission and city administration The budgetary process Opportunities for citizen input and

involvement

Sessions Overview

Session Date Location

Session 1: Governing the City March 11 City Hall

Session 2: GFR - Protecting the Public

March 18 GFR’s Support Services Bureau

Session 3: GPD - Protecting the Public

March 25 GPD’s Hall of Heroes

Session 4: It Starts in Parks April 1 Morningside Nature Center

Session 5: Connecting our Community

April 8 RTS’s Corrine Brown Transit Facility

Session 6: More than Energy April 15 TBD

Session 7: Building a Better Gainesville

April 22 TBD

Graduation April 16 City Hall

Keeping You Informed

Emails – Weekly emails are sent with session information. Please be sure you are receiving them from rawsonle@cityofgainesville.org

Webpages: http://academy.cityofgainesville.org, click Citizens’ Academy online Includes schedule and session information

Introductions

What is your name? How long have you lived or worked in

Gainesville? What do you like about Gainesville? What to you hope to take away from

Gainesville 101? Anything else you want us to know?

Thank you!

Questions?