Up & Coming Weekly

January 21, 2014

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F CUS On Boards and Commissions Needing Applications Fayetteville OutFront Engages the Community The City of Fayetteville is looking to its citizens to help fill vacancies for the following boards and commissions: •Airport Commission •Board of Adjustment •Board of Appeals on Dwellings and Buildings •F.A.C.T. (Transit) •Fair Housing Board •Historic Resources Commission •Human Relations Commission (Fayetteville-Cumberland) •Linear Park, Inc. •Personnel Review Board •Public Arts Commission •Redevelopment Commission •Residential Rental Property Review Board •Taxi (industry representatives needed) The City will accept applications via e-mail at cityclerk@ci.fay.nc.us, fax at (910) 433-1606 or hand deliver to the second floor of City Hall. Applications can also be mailed to Fayetteville City Hall, c/o City Clerk, 433 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301. Applications will be accepted until close of business Friday, Jan. 31. The Fayetteville City Council will approve board and commission members in March. To download an application and read more about boards and commissions, visit http://www.ci.fayetteville.nc.us/boards_and_ commissions/ or log onto www.cityoffayetteville.org and click on Boards and Commissions under Quick Links on the left. 6 JANUARY 22-28, 2014 Fayetteville citizens are invited to help make their community a better place to live by participating in Fayetteville OutFront, a civic engagement website. Fayetteville OutFront acts as a virtual living room where citizens can come and share their ideas and thoughts with City staff. On the website, City staff will post surveys, host forums, create discussions and manage public projects. Residents can also create and post their own ideas or comments and vote on ideas created by other citizens. The goal of the website is to create two-way conversations between the public and City employees. Reports and analysis based on the opinions shared on the website will be distributed to policy makers, such as City Council members and department heads to inform them as they make decisions that affect the community. Citizens can get started in the online conversation by signing up at FayettevilleOutFront.com. Departments Help Ministerial Council Win State Grant The Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Department and FayettevilleCumberland Parks and Recreation recently worked in conjunction with the FayettevilleCumberland County Ministerial Council to reach out to local youth to provide them greater opportunities to become knowledge-based citizens. The Ministerial Council received a $2,500 grant from the State of North Carolina's Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission to pay for youth in FayettevilleCumberland Parks and Recreation programs to participate in the MLK Prayer Breakfast and the Community Conversation Kickoff Event. The MLK Prayer Breakfast was sponsored by the Ministerial Council and the Community Conversation Kickoff Event was sponsored by the Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Commission. Director of Human Relations Ron McElrath and Human Relations Commission Chair Cathy Waddell traveled to Raleigh Jan. 17 for a grant awards ceremony. While in Raleigh, they participated in State festivities to kickoff MLK weekend. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM

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