Mayor Nutter Announces Series Of Town Hall Meetings On City’s
Response To Financial Crisis
Top City leadership to attend eight community meetings across
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, November 17 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter has announced a
series of eight Town Hall Meetings
throughout Philadelphia to explain the city’s response to the
financial crisis and changes to the budget. The
meetings will take place during late-November to mid-December. At the
meetings, city government leadership
will explain the difficult decisions that need to be made, share the
principles that guided the process, and to
listen to any concerns that citizens may have.
“This is an opportunity for Philadelphians to hear directly from the
leadership of city government on changes
that will have an impact on their communities,” said Mayor Nutter. “I
look forward to the opportunity to meet
with citizens all across the city to explain what has led to our
financial situation, why we have made the very
difficult budget decisions that we have made, and to listen to the
concerns of people throughout many
neighborhoods.”
At each session Mayor Nutter will make opening remarks and run the
audience through a short overview
presentation and then open up for approximately an hour-long Q&A
session. The Managing Director, Deputy
Mayors, Finance Director Rob Dubow, Budget Director Steve Agostini,
Police Commissioner Ramsey, Fire
Commissioner Ayers, Recreation Commissioner Slawson, L&I Commissioner
Burns, Streets Commissioner
Tolson, and Fairmount Park Commission Executive Director Mark Focht,
and other department and agency
heads will all be available to answer questions.
Meeting schedule
(Meetings will be held from 7-8:30/9pm each evening. Members of the
public should arrive at approximately
6:30-6:45pm. Dates and locations of the meeting are as follows: )
Tuesday, November 25th
South Philadelphia High School
2101 S. Broad Street
Monday, December 1st
Kensington High School
2051 E. Cumberland Street
Tuesday, December 2nd
School of the Future
4021 Parkside Avenue
Monday, December 8th
John Perzel Community Center
2990 St. Vincent Street
Tuesday, December 9th
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Wolcroff Auditorium
5800 Ridge Avenue
Wednesday, December 10th
Benjamin Franklin High School
550 N. Broad Street
Tuesday, December 16th
Kingsessing Recreation Center
5100 Chester Avenue
Thursday, December 18th
Martin Luther King High School
6100 Stenton Avenue