In Photos: Arbor Day Celebration at Council Meeting

Some brief highlights of Thursday's :

• Dozens of children and their parents packed Conference Room One for the meeting; many children brought with them their Arbor Day posters.
• The Acworth Achiever Mentoring and After School Program Participants presented Leonard C. Hall, Jr., a Tuskegee Airman, with a model of a p-51 "Mustang" in Tuskegee Airmen colors in honor of his service. Mayor Tommy Allegood also read a proclamation on behalf of the city that declared February 17 "Leonard Hall Day".
• The winners of the Arbor Day Poster Contest were featured in a PowerPoint presentation and given a group shot in front of the Board's desk.
• Acworth has been a USA Tree City for 10 years and is the only city in Cobb County with a Tree Commission.
• The consent agenda passed unanimously.
• During Public Comment, citizens voiced  concerns about the city's future responses to inclement weather, requesting the city purchase a snow plow and prevent ice accumulation on the sidewalks.
• Additionally, merchants and the Board of Aldermen discussed merchant parking along Main Street.