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"Welcome to the City of Cleveland"
A Letter
from the City Manager
As City
Manager and on behalf of Mayor Jill
Kirkonis and the Cleveland City Council,
I would like to welcome you to the
growing Cleveland area. I have only a
little space in which to help you become
acquainted with Cleveland and to take
advantage of our city services, so I
will be brief.
Most
community information may be obtained by
visiting the Official City of Cleveland
website,
www.clevelandtexas.com or tuning
into local Cable Channel 95, if you
subscribe to CMA Cable. On Channel 95
you will find broadcasts of City Council
meetings as well as important notices,
community events and local
advertisements. You can also check out
the local newspaper, The Cleveland
Advocate, for recent news and events or
visit them online a
www.clevelandadvocate.com. Our
City Council meetings are held on the
second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
at Cleveland City Hall at 907 E. Houston
Ave. You may also want to visit our
Public Library website at
www.austinmemlib.org where you can
reserve books online and check out
scheduled programs and events. And
finally, you may also contact me, Philip
Cook, at (281) 592-2667 with any
questions. Everyone in City Council and
at City Hall wants to help and inform
you about our community programs. Our
friendly receptionist at City Hall can
provide you with contact information for
our current Mayor and council members or
direct you to the right person to
address your needs.
It can be a
very busy time for newcomers; finding a
church, enrolling children in school,
and registering to vote are all
important. You can register to vote by
visiting the Tax Office at the Liberty
County Annex Building on Campbell St.
You can vote in the upcoming May
election if registered by April 1st.
You may contact the Tax Office at
281-593-8415.
Lastly, we
want you to know that the City’s recent
building projects are complete with the
addition of a new Civic Center, City
Hall, EMS building, and a renovated
Library. To find out about public
events at the Civic Center or for more
information about facility rental,
please visit
www.clevelandciviccenter.net. These
new projects show that Cleveland is
ready and receptive to growth. If you
are considering bringing an industrial
development to our community, contact
our Economic Development Corporation by
calling Cleveland City Hall. And
remember, you can get involved in our
community by becoming a volunteer.
Without volunteers, we cannot accomplish
our community goals. Besides repeating
our welcome to Cleveland, let me remind
you to call us with any questions,
concerns, or comments about your
community.
Sincerely
Philip Cook
City Manager
A Cleaner
Cleveland Aids Quality of Life
Philip Cook, Cleveland City Manager
Quality of life can mean
different things to different people -
good jobs, exceptional schools, clean
and safe neighborhoods, a variety of
recreational opportunities or varied
shopping options. Regardless of one’s
point of view, everyone should agree
that by improving Cleveland each of
these areas will benefit.
According to Keep Texas
Beautiful, a non-profit affiliate of
Keep American Beautiful, “a clean and
beautiful environment can play an
important role in a city’s economic
development efforts.” Communities such
as Lufkin have seen indirect results of
maintaining a clean, litter-free
community especially when major
employers such as American Freightways
and Blue Bell Creameries selected Lufkin
town to open or expand their
operations.
So what does this mean to
Cleveland? It means that we need to all
work together to improve our town. The
often forgotten ‘appearance and
cleanliness’ of our community is as
important in creating a more healthy
town as other quality of life factors.
Community leadership and
Cleveland City Council are organizing
three upcoming events that should help
build cooperation and improve
Cleveland.
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May 6 for a Council
convened 2035 Community Goals Task
Force that will meet to develop
strategies to improve the quality of
life and challenge the next
generation with specific community
goals. The thought is when
Cleveland reaches its 100th
birthday, community leaders will
reflect on the goals established by
this generation to create a
destination and a community that is
attractive not only as a place to
live, but also to work.
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May 15 for the 9th
Annual Cleanup Cleveland Day – an
event encouraging residents to join
together in picking up litter and
beautifying our community.
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July 3 and 4th
for the 75th Anniversary
of the Incorporation of the City of
Cleveland – a celebration
acknowledging Cleveland’s past while
moving forward towards Cleveland’s
unlimited future.
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