John Gorney, Director of GR Department of Public Works /City of Grand Rapids
On Monday, January 9, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss will be in the GRTV studio for the January episode of City Connection. Mayor Bliss will be joined by John Gorney, the Director of the Grand Rapids Department of Public Works. Starla McDermott, the Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, will be hosting the show. Possible discussion topics include:
- Waste & Recycling services
- Christmas tree disposal
- Street maintenance
- Winter parking
- Graffiti removal
- Keeping catch basins clear
- World of Winter
- Downtown safety
- Panhandling ordinances
- Reactivated traffic signals in downtown Grand Rapids
- Apartment and housing availability
- Indoor driving range at Indian Trails
- Grand Rapids Economic Recovery
Members of the community can submit their questions by emailing [email protected]. The event will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube beginning at 4:00pm on January 9.
For over 30 years, the mayors of Grand Rapids have hosted City Connection, a monthly, live call-in show on GRTV’s Livewire, Comcast channel 24. Mayor John Logie started the program in 1992 as a way to share mayoral perspective with Grand Rapidians and to bring a little more transparency to local government. City Connection is an opportunity to interact directly with one of our city’s top elected officials.
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