Dearborn Mayor Departs from Format in State of the City

DEARBORN, MI – Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly Jr. will be joined by seven community leaders — both youth and adult — in a review and preview of accomplishments during the mayor’s annual State of the City Address.

The event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Dearborn Administrative Center, 16901 Michigan Ave., is open to the public.

“Partners, volunteers, commissioners, and business leaders all work together to move our city forward, and I want to show how effective that engagement is,” he said in a statement.

“I appreciate these civic leaders and volunteer commissioners sharing their perspective on the state of our community, and their insight into how we can build on our traditions to secure a bright future.”

Joining the mayor will be:

• Ghassan Ahmed, a Youth Commissioner and one of the organizers of The Real Dearborn March
• Jackie Lovejoy, president of the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the West Dearborn Downtown Development Authority
• Judith McNeeley, member of the East Dearborn Downtown Development Authority, and vice president of Community and Corporate partnership Beaumont Health
• Dave Norwood, Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Dearborn
• Mary Petlichkoff, chair of the Dearborn Federation of Neighborhood Associations, member of the City Beautiful Commission and trustee on the Dearborn Board of Education
• Nancy Siwik, Chair of the City Plan Commission
• Jeff Stassen, Chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission

The presentation will not be broadcast live, but will be shown on CDTV, the city’s government access channel, beginning on Friday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.

After that, it will be shown on CDTV on the following schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., and 3 p.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. On Saturdays, it will be shown at 9 a.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.. On Sundays, it will air at 9 a.m, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 a.m., 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. It will run through mid-March.

It will also be available for viewing at any time at www.cityofdearborn.org, beginning on Friday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. Click on the link to CDTV at the bottom of the homepage.