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Wilson This Week -- January 11, 2023
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Happy New Year! Happy Birthday to this newsletter!
Happy New Year to all of our Wilson This Week subscribers as we have just marked our first year anniversary!
We started this newsletter in January 2022 as a way to communicate with you directly. You don't need any social media accounts, no one is tracking your personal data, no one is trying to sell you anything.
We just wanted to talk to you directly about what is going on here in Wilson. We are delighted to have more than 8,000 subscribers today! This has quickly become one of the major ways we can reach you and we have ended up doing special editions for breaking news and during hazardous weather.
If you are enjoying these newsletters, please share them with friends, family and neighbors in Wilson and encourage them also to subscribe. And if you have suggestions, email them to communications@wilsonnc.org.
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See City Council in action
If your New Year's resolution is to be more active in local government, why not come to a City Council meeting? Council typically meets the third Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. See the schedule below for the set meeting dates for the year.
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Starting next week
City Council will hold its first meeting of 2023 next Thursday, Jan. 19, beginning at 7 p.m. The meeting is televised and streamed live, but you are also welcome to come to City Hall, Council Chambers, third floor, 112 Goldsboro St. NE. The agenda will be posted here soon.
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MLK Jr. Breakfast returns; tickets on sale now
For the first time since 2020, the Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast will be held on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Darden Alumni Center, 1600 Lipscomb Road E.
The event will start at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast, entertainment by saxophonist Trevel Allen and a keynote speech from Wilson County Board of Education member Debora Powell.
Tickets are now on sale for $15 and are available in the human relations office at Wilson City Hall and the Darden Alumni Center as well as from MLK Jr. Commission of Wilson members. For more information, call commission Chairman Roosevelt Ethridge at 919-280-2092.
The event is usually a sellout and raises money for college scholarships. The Commission has been unable to hold the breakfast the past two years due to the COVID pandemic.
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City offices closed Monday, Jan. 16
City offices will close Monday, Jan. 16, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The city's customer service center on Nash Street will also be closed Saturday, Jan. 14.
Households that typically have trash and recycling service on either Monday or Tuesday will be served one day later next week. Thursday and Friday routes will be on schedule. Special pickups will be limited during the short week.
We know that schedules have been disrupted quite a bit lately due to holidays, You'll be glad to know, and we are sad to report, that we don't have any city holidays until April.
However, if you'd like to see the entire 2023 schedule for environmental services, they have been updated online and can be seen at this link.
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Step up your exercise during the Year of the Trail
City of Wilson and Wilson Parks & Recreation are part of a statewide campaign to celebrate "The Year of the Trail" in 2023! We will be having events/activities all year long to help promote our trails & walkways!
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Nominations being accepted for Humanitarian Awards
The Human Relations Commission is now accepting nominations for the annual Human Relations Awards, including the Paul Lee Stevens Humanitarian of the Year Award.
The awards include Community Champions, which are individuals, groups, youth, churches, civic groups, non-profits, businesses and neighborhood that have served and given back to the community within the past year. Nominations must be based on volunteer service and community contributions. The Stevens Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Commission.
The deadline for nominations is Jan. 30, 2023. The awards ceremony will be Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at 6:30 pm at Darden Alumni Center, 1600 Lipscomb Road E.
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