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State Of The City

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Norcross State of the City Address is Feb. 11

Mayor Bucky Johnson will give an overview of the city's accomplishments in 2012 and what to expect in 2013.

The city of Norcross is holding its annual State of the City Address at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11. Mayor Bucky Johnson will give an overview of Norcross' accomplishments in 2012 and also the city's vision plan for 2013, according to the city of Norcross website. The event will be held at Norcross High's Paul Duke House to celebrate the Blue Devils' state championship win in football this past season. The public is invited to attend the free one-hour presentation. Last year, the state of the city address was held at the state-of-the-art Hyundai Construction Equipment USA. See also: Don’t miss any Norcross news. Subscribe to Norcross Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Mayor Delivers Energized State of the City Address

Praise of 2010, plus a look forward to beautification projects, the possibility of a 9-1-1 call center and the hope of ending the SDS dispute.

Norcross got more than just a morale boost at the address last night—the citizens also got their own original jazz tune about wandering  “down past the tracks, where it feels like home."  Mayor Bucky Johnson sang the praises of the last year: the newly opened welcome center, the Green Communities certification, the renovations of city parks and more. He also gave a glimpse of projects to come in 2011. The mayor recognized that the Service Delivery Dispute has not been resolved and that it will an important issue of the next year. (“But don’t be speeding,” he joked, “Sheriffs can still run radar.”) Johnson urged voters to get to the ballots for the special election on March 15 for the County Commission Chair, since this person could …

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

State of the City Address Tonight

Coming to the State of the City tonight? If you can't make it I'll be updating the home page by the minute with the 4-1-1.

The mayor will give a State of the City address  tonight at the Cultural Arts and Community Center at 10 College St at 7 p.m.  Come for the address, then stay to mingle with your neighbors over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. If you can't make it, check back on Norcross Patch throughout the night for updates by the minute. That's right, Norcross, I'll be "live tweeting" the event, so the updates will come through on my feed at the top left-hand corner of the Patch homepage. 

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