- December 26, 2024
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Twenty-four Palm Coast residents graduated June 3 from the Palm Coast Citizens Academy, a comprehensive program designed to educate interested residents about the operation and workings of their City government.
The graduating class – the 31st in the program’s history – spent five weeks learning about city departments and visiting city offices, the Palm Coast Community Center, Main Fire Station 25, and Water Treatment Plant No. 3. The class also attends a Palm Coast City Council meeting together.
Mayor Jon Netts kicked off the latest Citizens Academy in early May with a session titled, “Governing the City,” providing background on Palm Coast’s incorporation, City Charter, the Council-Manager form of government, and a general overview of the city
The Citizens Academy meets once a week, usually on Monday evenings, for five straight weeks. The course is free and registration is limited to approximately 30 Palm Coast citizens per session. The academy is held three times a year – fall, winter and spring.
The next session will be early fall 2014, running Sept. 8 to Oct. 6, with graduation on Tuesday, Oct. 7. To register, visit palmcoastgov.com.
The list of graduates is as follows: Bill Bosco, Monica Bosco, Thomas Coon, Nancy Crouc, Richard de Beauvoir, Marjorie De Temple, Barbara Devine, Howard Edgin, Barbara Ejnes, Walter Ejnes, Lori Angelica Gibson, Lorraine Golding, Bill Golding, Roxana Gonzalez, Tracy Hamilton, Sergey Nevod, Steven Nobile, Angelina Noia, Lyubov Ravitskaya, Delmont Smith, Jeannette Smith, Joseph Sweeney, Naomi Sweeney and Jim Walls.