Citizens' Evening at City Hall

On Tuesday, February 26, the Neighborhood Advisory Commission and City of Carrollton Community Services hosted the 6th Annual Citizens’ Evening at City Hall event. This year’s presentation focused on a celebration of Carrollton’s centennial year with a look at the city’s glorious past and promising future. The goal of this event is to facilitate partnerships between the City and involved citizen groups to help foster vital neighborhoods.

Watch on CityTV: If you were unable to attend in person, the entire program is airing daily at 4:45 PM throughout the month of March on CityTV: Time Warner--Channel 16; Verizon FiOS--Channel 39; and Charter Communications--Channel 10.

Watch Online: You may view the Citizens' Evening program online by clicking here.

Photos: To view pictures from the 2013 Citizens' Evening, click here.

Topics:

• State of the City
  Mathew Marchant, Mayor
  
  In his “State of the City address” Mayor Marchant spoke on the many advantages the City of Carrollton offers varying from business opportunities, employment, location and transportation, to quality of life services and activities, a wide variety of neighborhoods and housing, excellent school districts and outstanding medical facilities. Mayor Marchant was elected Mayor of Carrollton on May 14, 2011. First elected to the Carrollton City Council in 2002, He was re-elected in 2003, 2006 and 2008. Mayor Marchant is proud that Carrollton has previously been recognized by MONEY Magazine as the 15th “Best Place to Live” in the United States and by Forbes as the 12th “Best Place to Relocate”. Come and learn from the Mayor how city policies and development strategies held shape the City of Carrollton into an award winning place to live.
  
  To view the power point presentation click here

• Current and Future Development in Carrollton 
  Brad Mink, Economic Development Director
  
  Economic Development Director, Brad Mink presented on Carrollton’s dynamic ‘pro-business’ economic development programs. Mr. Mink joined the City of Carrollton in July, 1986 as Economic Development Director. The City of Carrollton’s Economic Development Department is widely recognized as one of the few community based international trade and investment programs in the United States. Mr. Mink will explain how Carrollton’s policies capitalize on market conditions, sustainability issues and transit-oriented development opportunities to positively impact the local economy and revitalize our neighborhoods. He will also look at how current demographic trends are impacting the business climate in Carrollton and how Carrollton’s innovative polices will shape our development strategies.
  
  
• A Neighborhood Perspective on the History of Carrollton--
  Toyia Pointer, A. W. Perry Homestead Museum Curator and author of the book Carrollton: Images of America Note: Ms. Pointer was unable to attend the event due to an illness. Please check in for information on future presentations on the History of Carrollton as part of the Carrollton Centennial this year.

May 1 at 11am, Carrollton Senior Center

Join Perry Museum Curator, Toyia Pointer for an overview of the origins of the City  of  Carrollton.  Carrollton celebrates its Centennial this year, but Carrollton’s rich history actually goes back much further than 1913. We'll put Carrollton into context and share some wonderful photographs of some of the early citizens that helped make it such a prosperous community.

Local author and historian, Toyia Pointer, has been the curator of the A. W. Perry Homestead Museum for the City of Carrollton for the past 8 years. She recently published the book Carrollton (images of America Series). Ms. Pointer didn’t set out to write a book, but when Arcadia Publishing contacted her to do a book for their Images of America series; she saw an opportunity that was too good to pass up. Ms. Pointer enjoys promoting local history and hopes her work at the museum and the book will inspire people to look more closely into their own history as well as be a starting point for understanding more of Carrollton’s history. In response to numerous requests, we note that “Carrollton” by Toyia Pointer is now available at local retailers, online bookstores or through Arcadia Publishing at arcadiapublishing.com.

To view a word document of the presentation click here