Forum: “Athens Prosperity Package”
Monday, June 10, 7:30-9:00pm, Ciné
The Federation of Neighborhoods presents “Athens Prosperity Package” a free public forum on Monday, June 10 from 7:30-9:00pm in Ciné Lab Space. Listen and ask questions of panelists about the proposed “Athens Prosperity Package” and learn how it could impact citizens through anti-poverty initiatives. The “Prosperity Package” is a proposal that will allocate $4 million towards reducing poverty in Athens-Clarke County.
The panelists will be ACC District 9 Commissioner Ovita Thornton and ACC District 10 Commissioner Mike Hamby, who are the proposers of the initiative, joined by ACC Mayor Kelly Girtz. They will provide overview of the main features of the package whose parts include in health care, child care vouchers, landscaping/repair job skills training, minority business development, second chance education and job placement for former inmates, youth summer jobs, neighborhood planning, area redevelopment, grant writing, and minority non-profit development support. The panelists will also respond to audience questions on these aspects, how they are to be developed and implemented, where the proposed $4million dollar budget will come from, which groups are included and which are excluded, how non-profits and other entities might participate, and what role citizen engagement will play.
Confirmed Forum Panelists include:
Ovita Thornton, ACC Commissioner, District 9
Mike Hamby, ACC Commissioner, District 10
Kelly Girtz, Athens-Clarke County Mayor
Learn more about the “Prosperity Package” idea at:
https://flagpole.com/news/comment/2019/05/15/the-prosperity-package-is-a-chance-to-reduce-athens-38-percent-poverty-rate
Join your neighbors – hear and be heard!
All residents of the Athens area are encouraged to attend this free forum held at Cine, located at 234 West Hancock Ave – call Cine at 706-353-3343 for directions. Refreshments are available at the Cine Bar-Cafe.
The Federation of Neighborhoods is an independent, non-partisan volunteer organization providing public forums for local citizens since 1962.
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