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The Winterissue December 2013-February 2014 Ridgeland Christmas Parade Christmas Decorating Contest Valentine Banquet Mississippi’s 2013 eCity RECRE8 RIDGELAND, MS the WINTER issue From the Mayor We as City officials are continuously seeking more and better ways to communicate with citizens. As always, we remain accessible and available to the public and the media. We seek to be quick and efficient in our responses to citizen needs and requests. Here are some of the primary means of communicating with you that we hope you will take full advantage: • Ridgeland Alert, a community message service for your landline or cellphone, emails and texts. You must opt in for messages other than the landline calls through the city’s website, www.RidgelandMS.org and click on the Ridgeland Alert box on the home page. • Ridgeland Life, a quarterly publication of the City of Ridgeland that includes RECRE8, a listing of current recreational programs, upcoming events in the city, news from the city and the community as well as news and photos from local schools, the local library and our local chamber of commerce and tourism commission. • RidgelandMS.org, the city’s website, includes news releases, calendar of events and regular updates to content. Phone numbers are listed for each department. You can easily find out Gene McGee what services are covered by department on Mayor of Ridgeland the website or by calling city hall. • Monthly eNewsletters arrive to your Inbox as well as eBlasts about time-sensitive information. • Utilizing local media helps us to get information to you. News releases, public service announcements and photos are sent to local newspapers, television stations and radio stations. Advertisements are run for special events. Local digital billboards are used for community messages. • Social Media is used many times per day to convey information and to engage fans and followers. The city’s Facebook page can be found at City of Ridgeland, Mississippi Government. The city’s Twitter account is Ridgeland_MS. Please like and follow us to stay current on Ridgeland news. Please read the article about the city’s new contract with LEADiFY, a Ridgeland company that assists us with social media. • The City has a web-based app that you can use by downloading this link http://m. onetouchapp.com/app/ridgelandms from your cellphone or tablet’s Web browser and follow the prompts to add it to your Home Screen. • The City of Ridgeland has recently partnered with the Ridgeland Tourism Commission and the City of Ridgeland Chamber of Commerce to develop a native app that will have more features and be available for free on iTunes. Be looking for the new city app in 2014. Staying current with technology is part of what we do at the City of Ridgeland. Providing high quality services and efficient government permitting help businesses choose to locate here and to grow. This keeps your property taxes low and provides more opportunity here for employment. Please read the article in this issue about Ridgeland’s award from Google. We were named the Digital Capital of Mississippi or Google 2013 eCity. If you are looking to relocate your home or business, choose Ridgeland. You’ll be glad you did. TABLE OF CONTENTS UPCOMING EVENTS SCHOOLS IN RIDGELAND 2013 Ridgeland Christmas Parade ....4 Ann Smith Elementary ...........20-22 Christmas Decorating Contest ........ 5 Highland Elementary .............23-25 Lights Tour at Freedom Ride Park .... 5 Olde Towne Middle School .......26-27 Ridgeland Ballerinas Take Stage ...... 5 Ridgeland High School ...........28-30 Wrap It In Ridgeland ................. 6 St. Andrew’s Episcopal School .......30 Sr. Adult Valentine’s Banquet ......... 6 Christ Covenant School .............30 NEWSWORTHY Veritas ..............................30 Holmes Community College .........30 Ridgeland Named Finalist for Fiber to Home Technology ........... 7 RIDGELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Solar Powered Recycling Compactors Library News .........................31 Boost Recycling Efforts .............. 7 Artist Corner ........................32 Healthiest Hometown Grant to be Used for Fitness Equipment .......... 8 Children’s Section ...................32 LEADiFY Contract to Enhance Winter Programs ....................33 City’s Social Media Presence .......... 8 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE From the Desk of The City Clerk ...... 9 Police Appreciation Fund Raising Ridgeland Won Local Government Campaign Tops $5,000 .............34 Recycler of the Year Award ..........10 Chamber Makes Survival Kits Google Designates Ridgeland as for RPD Officers .....................35 Mississippi’s 2013 eCity ...............10 Business After Hours ................35 Protect Your Pets: Holiday Hazards ...11 Make a Difference Day ..............35 Boyer Fire Truck Awarded 1st Place at Mississippi State Fair ...............11 MCCEC Hosts 2nd Annual Business After Hours .............36-37 Choosing to be Ridgeland Titans .....12 “Atta Boy” for RPD ...................13 WHO & WHERE Ridgeland Departments .............38 RECRE8 City Meetings .......................38 Recreational Facilities ................14 City Directory .......................38 Special Events .......................15 Ridgeland Aldermen ................39 Athletics ..........................15-16 Superstar Seniors .................16-18 Tennis ...............................19 ON THE COVER: Pictured in the 2012 Ridgeland Christmas Parade are festively-dressed recumbent bicyclists. The 2013 Ridgeland Christmas Parade theme is “Christmas Carols for All to Hear.” This year’s Grand Marshal will be Dr. Hannah Gay. Come out and enjoy the parade in Olde Towne Ridgeland on Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m. Editor and Publisher Graphic Design Sandra Rives Monohan, Jackson Data Products, Inc. and City of Ridgeland Service Printers, Inc. Sponsorship Printing Julie Cox, Jackson Data Products, Inc. and City of Ridgeland Service Printers, Inc. For sponsorship opportunities, contact Julie Cox at [email protected]. For information about Ridgeland Life, contact Sandra Rives Monohan at Sandra. [email protected]. UPCOMING EVENTS Dr. Hannah Gay to Serve as Grand Marshal for Ridgeland’s 2013 Christmas Parade The Ridgeland Recreation and Parks Department and the Ridgeland Beautification Committee are proud to present the 2013 Ridgeland Christmas Parade Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. This year’s theme is “Christmas Carols for All to Hear.” We are excited to announce that Dr. Hannah Gay will serve as this year’s Grand Marshal. Dr. Hannah Gay is associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Jackson, she is a graduate of Wingfield High School. At the University of Mississippi she received her bachelor’s in biology and chemistry. She earned her M.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson in 1980, where she also completed residency training in pediatrics. A certified HIV specialist, Dr. Gay and her husband, Paul, worked for six years in Africa in the 1980s. She joined the UMMC faculty in 1994. Along with her colleagues Dr. Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, an immunologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, she gained international attention at an infectious diseases conference in March Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the Ridgeland Christmas Parade rolling by along Ridgeland Avenue, Maple Street, W. Jackson Street and Sunnybrook Road on 2013 where Persaud presented their Saturday, December 7, starting at 2 p.m. case report on the “Mississippi Baby.” The report detailed how Dr. Gay administered an early and aggressive treatment regimen to a newborn infected with HIV, which functionally cured the child. TIME magazine named the three physician-researchers to its 2013 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. In June, UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on , convened a special symposium in Durban, South Africa, where Dr. Gay spoke. The meeting’s report, “Twelve Recommendations Following a Discussion about the Mississippi Baby,” was released in September. Among other roles, Dr. Gay has served as a member of the American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Ryan White Title IV HIVQUAL Advisory Committee. She and her husband, whom she met at Ole Miss, have four grown children and are active members in their Baptist church. Join us in Olde Towne Ridgeland Saturday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. for the City of Ridgeland Christmas Parade. The route will begin at the Holmes Community College Campus in Ridgeland. The parade will begin eastbound on Ridgeland Avenue, turn southbound on Maple Street, then turn westbound on Jackson Street, then northbound on Sunnybrook Road and finish back at Holmes Community College. West Jackson Street will be closed from Sunnybrook Road to Maple Street during the parade. If your business or group would like to be a part of the parade, access the form on the city’s website at www.ridgelandms.org, click on ‘Licenses, Forms and Permits’ and scroll down to ‘Recreation and Parks.’ For more information, contact Wendy Bourdin at 601-853-2011. 4 Ridgeland Life UPCOMING EVENTS Love to Decorate for RIDGELAND BALLERINAS Christmas? TAKE STAGE IN Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la…or in our case, yards and porches! Ridgeland Recreation & Parks will accept nominations for “The Nutcracker” the Ridgeland Beautification Committee’s Christmas Decorating Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet’s production of “The Contest until Dec. 6. Categories for this year are Door and
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