City of GR Seeks Input
The City of Grand Rapids encourages residents, businesses, and community organizations to attend one of six community budget gatherings. These gatherings are designed to engage attendees in a conversation about government serving as a “platform” that provides a basic level of essential services and relies on collaboration with residents, businesses, and customers to provide additional services they feel are important for quality of life.
Six Community Budget Gatherings will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on the following dates:
November 16, 2009 – City High School (1400 Fuller NE)
November 18, 2009 – Gerald R. Ford Middle School (851 Madison SE)
November 19, 2009 – Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School (703 Shamrock SW)
November 23, 2009 – Union High School (1800 Tremont Blvd. NW)
November 30, 2009 – Creston High School (1720 Plainfield NE)
December 02, 2009 – Alger Middle School (921 Alger St. SE)
At these gatherings the City’s Chief Financial Officer Scott Buhrer will explain our current and projected fiscal condition; Deputy City Manager Eric DeLong will report on last year’s actions; and City Manager Greg Sundstrom will share his vision of transforming the City to a new form of government–a government that will serve as a platform and provide a basic level of essential service to its customers, and one that must rely on collaboration with residents, businesses, and customers to provide additional services they feel are important for quality of life. During small group discussions, participants will be asked to share how this new form of government can work for them.
City Manager Greg Sundstrom is challenged to produce a balanced budget in these difficult economic times, while transforming the organization to become sustainable. He is inviting conversations to understand what tools citizens need and what barriers need to be removed to make the platform work for them.
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by Kristen on
November 12, 2009
