Nearly a month has passed since I was sworn in for my third term on the Concord City Council and was honored to accept the gavel and the title of “Mayor of the City of Concord” on December 10.
As promised during my acceptance speech, I will continue to strive each day to serve the people of Concord to the best of my ability and help people find government solutions to their city-related challenges whenever possible.
As Mayor, I look forward to continuing to focus on building a sense of community. I want residents to feel pride in being a Concordian: living, working, operating a business, shopping, and celebrating milestones here.
Participating in our Adopt-A-Street and Adopt-A-Spot programs are two excellent ways to build positive relationships with other community members and a sense of place. In both cases, Concord residents come together to focus on a common issue impacting their neighborhood and take action to improve the situation.
What is Concord’s Adopt-A-Street Program? It is a program to enable concerned citizens and businesses to actively participate in enhancing our city’s appearance and cleanliness. Interested groups, such as Boy and Girl Scout troops, churches, service clubs, private businesses, or neighborhood associations can adopt a minimum half-mile section of one of Concord’s key thoroughfares.
Volunteers make a commitment to remove trash along their designated sections of city streets a minimum of four times per year for a two-year period and are encouraged to monitor conditions on their section of the street and report problems to city staff.
In return for conducting scheduled clean-ups of their adopted stretch of street four times a year, participating organizations are recognized with signage that includes the Adopt-A-Street Program logo, the City of Concord logo, and the volunteer group’s name.
The signage is installed at the beginning and end of the volunteer group’s designated street sections. Signs are installed after the group’s fourth clean-up event has been held and will remain in place for the designated adoption period of two years. More information, including a map of street locations targeted for cleanup, is available here: https://www.cityofconcord.org/357/Adopt-A-Street
What is Concord’s Adopt-A-Spot Program? This program enables community groups and individuals to “adopt” part of a city park and take an active role in beatifying and keeping it clean. Volunteers make a commitment to helping with litter pick-up, spreading mulch, planting trees, weeding, leaf clean-up, trail improvements, graffiti removal, etc. a minimum of four times per year over a two-year period, and are encouraged to monitor conditions in their adopted park site and report issues to city staff. More information, including a list of adoptable park sites is available here: https://www.cityofconcord.org/1243/Adopt-A-Spot
If you decide to Adopt-A-Street or Adopt-A-Spot, please invite me to your event. I am always happy to roll up my sleeves and pick up trash or plant a tree if I am available.