2022 06 21 City Council

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• Keep the momentum with EDA 
projects-signage and site ready 
  
  • More recognition, better marketing and 
branding, awareness, communications, capitalize 
on Battle of Athens (II) 
  • Younger primary-care physicians 
  • Tournaments at Regional Park every weekend 
(e.g.  Emerson GA) 
  • Fairs and festivals downtown that promote 
importance of agriculture 
  • Artist communities 
   
6. STRONG TOWN & GOWN   
• Continue to invest in higher 
education  
 • More town & gown interaction, share resources 
and programming 
• Support and promote 
enrollment at TWU, CSCC, TCAT 
  
• Improve partnership with TWU  • More support for TWU sports, community spirit 
   
7. STRONG PRIMARY EDUCATION 
SYSTEM 
  
• Continue to improve and 
expand schools 
• High School  
 
• New/excellent/ vibrant schools (IIII) 
• Clear plan on the next phase of schools, how do 
we deal with buildings that we’re vacating (II) 
• High School 
• Every student graduates from high school with a 
degree that enables them to work, verbally and 
numerically literate 
• Consolidate schools were 
possible 
  
• Create STEM magnet school on 
west side 
  
• Promote successes-citizen 
engagement/buy-in for school 
projects 
  
   
8. QUALITY HOUSING   
• Improve lower income 
neighborhoods 
• Higher quality housing, 
home ownership 
• Enacted strategic growth plan, housing plan 
  • Affordable, midlevel housing (III)  
  • Senior living 
9. COLLABORATIVE 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
  
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