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MARCH 19-25, 2014 UCW 7 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Classifieds Local 4 lines / 7 days = $11.95 All ads online! 484-1009 www.upandcomingweekly.com Ask us about Free Ads and Yard Sale Kits! Stedman • Eastover • Spring Lake • Hope Mills • Fort Bragg UP & COMING WEEKLY'S F CUS Follow the City on Facebook and Twitter "Like" the City of Fayetteville on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityoffayettevillegovernment and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityOfFayNC. On Leaders Wanted: Sign Up for Spring 2014 Citizens' Academy The City of Fayetteville wants citizens to be a part of the next Citizens' Academy in Spring 2014. Classes start Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. and are held each Thursday through May 8, with the exception of April 17. The Citizens' Academy is free of charge. This Citizens' Academy will be fun and interactive. The class meets once a week and gives citizens the opportunity to learn more about local government and take ownership of their community. The Citizens' Academy also helps citizens understand how the City provides services to residents. Citizens learn what City departments do and how they do it. The City hopes that informed citizens are able to take information to community groups and share with neighbors. It may even encourage some to be involved in building a better community by becoming members of boards and commissions. To apply, log onto www.cityoffayetteville.org and click on the Citizens' Academy button at the top of the page or call (910) 433-1578. City Makes Southern City Publication for Sidewalks The City recently received praise from the North Carolina League of Municipalities' Southern City newsletter. The article said that Fayetteville has made significant progress to improve walkability, installing 13 miles of sidewalk in the past five years. Engineering & Infrastructure Director Rusty Thompson is quoted in the article, which highlights Fayetteville's growth from pedestrian commuters from 1.7 to 5.4 – a number that, according to Governor Magazine, is the largest increase among the nation's large cities. Thompson, who was City Traffic Engineer before becoming Engineering & Infrastructure Director, has been vital to the addition of sidewalks in Fayetteville. He and his staff have been creative, utilizing funding from Safe Routes to School, FAST New Freedom and the N.C. Department of Transportation to install sidewalks in downtown and in neighborhoods surrounding schools. To read the article, log onto http://www.nclm.org/ programs-services/publications/southern-city/2014/ 2014-01/Pages/FayettevilleLeadsImprovedWalkability. aspx#.UxZGDvmwLYg. Public Invited to "IT Exposed" The City of Fayetteville Information Technology Department would like to invite the media and the community to "IT Exposed, IT doesn't happen by itself," the City's second annual technology expo. IT Exposed is sponsored by the Fayetteville IT Department and will be held in Fayetteville City Hall on Friday, March 21 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The use of technology has grown over the years and is deeply integrated in the daily operations of the City. The goal for this year is to "Expose" City staff and the community to the technology of today and some of the ways technology supports city services and promotes efficient operations. Some of the topics presented during IT Exposed will include GIS Story Boards, the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) student presentation and live displays of uses of IT technology in the operation of FayTV7, fire trucks, police cars and transit buses. The keynote speaker this year will be Terry Bledsoe, retired Chief Information Officer for Catawba County. Bledsoe was recently recognized by the trade journal Government Technology in their "2011 Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver". www.cityoffayetteville.org www.facebook.com/cityoffayettevillegovernment www.faytv7.com Twitter @CityOfFayNC The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services, or activities. Sign Up for Our E-News Tell your friends about the Fayetteville Focus! Encourage them to sign up for it by going to www.cityoffayetteville.org and clicking on "Subscribe" inside the E-Newsletter Service box at the top right hand corner of the page. 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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. Follow the City on LinkedIn! The City of Fayetteville now has its own LinkedIn page! Join us at: http://www.linkedin.com/company/5032898