WELCOME to the Albany Activity Guide’s City News section! We have expanded the scope of this guide to share more information on City programs and projects and highlight recent accomplishments. Our goal is to share more information with you about your city, service offerings, and what we can do together as a community. Please let us know how you like this new section and if there is anything you would like to see included. We'd love the feedback! cityhall@albanyca.org
Greetings Albany Community! This guide is all about celebrating our community. Look inside to learn more about City programs and projects, along with ways to get active in our community. The “City News” section covers a wide array of important topics: disaster preparedness programs and training, ways to support and celebrate our local businesses, new programs to shift to more climate-friendly practices, improvement projects throughout the City, and public assistance programs spanning from tax rebates, tenant assistance, and much more. Of note, as directed by Albany Voters in November 2020 by passage of Measure BB, we are undergoing a major change in the method by which members of the Albany City Council and the Albany Unified School District Board of Education are elected. The November 2022 election will be the first time the City utilizes Ranked Choice Voting At Large. Please see information included in this guide to learn more about this important voting method transition. Please also take a moment to check out our line up of community events that we’re working hard to bring back. For the fall season, these will include two music concerts at Memorial Park and Albany Local Week. Please see more details on each of these events included within this guide and stay tuned for additional information on upcoming events. We hope this guide finds you well and thank you for making Albany the uniquely special one square mile City that it is today! In Service, Nicole Almaguer, City Manager
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