InterLinc: City of Lincoln: Mayor's Office: 2004 Media Releases

City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office

2004 Media Releases

January • February • March • April • May • June •

July • August • September • October • November • December

December: Nominations Now Accepted For Arts Awards; Cable Channel 21 Airing Nebraska Wesleyan Basketball; Mayor Seng and Hammons Announce New Hotel Project; Mayor Seng Pledges To Explore Proposed New Convention Center; Five-Year Budget Forecast Shows Need To Cut Spending Or Increase Revenues; Mayor Presents November Award Of Excellence; Lincoln Water Quality Greatly Exceeds Federal Standards; Water System Suggests Year-Round Outdoor Water Conservation; Many Events Part Of Star City Holiday Festival; Mayor Says Accreditation Of Emergency Services Is Recognition Of Excellence

November: Mayor's Holiday Tree Celebrates 20 Years Of The Star City Holiday Parade; City Receives More Than $7 Million In Federal Funds For Antelope Valley And South Beltway; Mayor Seng's Thanksgiving Message; New System Helps Homeless Service Providers And Clients; Mayor Releases New Homeless Count; Mayor Announces Plans For Star City Festival and Parade; Statement of Mayor Coleen J. Seng on Fire Truck Bid; Mayor Seng's Veterans Day Message; Improvements Under Way To City's Wastewater System; Mayor Presents October Award Of Excellence; Enforcement Of Smoking Ban To Begin January 1

October: Children to Be Chosen to Judge Parade; Public Invited to Dedication of Rock Island Trail Project; Updated 911 System Will Lead to Locating Wireless Callers; Mayor Presents Awards of Excellence for August and September; Mayor Invites Public To Celebrate 125th Anniversary of Old City Hall; Public Works Provides Update on Road Construction; Purchase Expands Wetlands at Arbor Lake

September: Lincoln and Lancaster County Awarded “Success by 6” License by United Way; “Lincoln Cares” Donors Provide for Historic Statue Restorations; City Hall Listening Session Set for Monday, September 27; Candidate Debates Set for September 23; Mayor Names Citizen Street and Trail Bond Audit Review Committee; StarTran Offers Discounted Rates to Low Income Individuals; Public Invited to Patriot Day Event; Mayor to Honor Woods Park Donors; Applications For Star City Parade Now Available; Public Invited To Dedication Of Schleich Park; Mayor Announces Plans for "Patriot Day - Lincoln Remembers"

August: City Prepared For State Fair And Husker Traffic; Mayor Forms Citizen Street And Trail Bond Audit Review Committee; Mayor Thanks Senator Nelson For Assistance In Securing Grants For New Police Officers; Mayor Presents July Award Of Excellence; City Plans Patriot Day Event For September 10; Public Invited To Dedication Of Kontras Park

July: Report Addresses Health Care For Homeless; Mayor Presents Awards Of Excellence for May and June; City Receives New Robot To Handle Explosives; New Services To Be Available On City-County Web Site; Mayor Rededicates Lincoln Mall

June: Seng Balances City Budget; Mayor Invites Area Residents To City's Fourth Of July Celebration; Mayor Accepts Report Of Streets, Roads and Trails Committee; Mayor Kicks Off Effort To Prevent Cigarette Litter; Mayor Names City Council Compensation Committee; Drinking Water Precautions No Longer Needed In Northeast Lincoln; Water Continues to Be Tested in Northeast Lincoln; City Taking More Water Samples in Northeast Lincoln; Public Invited To Park Dedication; Mayor Encourages Continued Outdoor Water Conservation Efforts; Mayor Presents Award for "Clean Your Files Week"

May: Mayor Seng Says City Will Continue To Assist Communities Hit by Storms; Mayor Seng Names Task Force to Review Group Home Policy; Mayor Opens Federal Place; Joan Kroc Donation to Salvation Army; Mayor Presents April Award of Excellence; Sunken Gardens Campaign Reaches Goal; Construction Under Way on New Centerpointe Residential Facility

April: Mayor's SRT Committee Announces Community Dialogue on a Plan for Building Lincoln's Future; Street Repair is Priority for Mayor; Mayor Presents Award of Excellence for 2003; City Prepared for Spring Game Traffic; Mayor Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation; Mayor Presents March Award of Excellence

March: "LIVE AND LEARN" Plans Live Call-In Show; Congressional Debate Set for April 5; Cable Advisory Board Plans Special Meeting; Mayor Kicks Off Environmental Awareness Days at Earth Wellness Festival; 12 New Heart Defibrillators to be Placed in Community; Startran Offers Free Trip Home in Case of Emergency; Self-Help Grants Awarded to 22 Groups; Mayor Presents February Award of Excellence

February: Mayor Releases Findings From Community’s First Asthma Study; Lincoln Awarded $1.5 Million In Homeless Grants; Study Shows Women Under-Represented on Local Boards; Judges Named for Mayor's Arts Awards; City Acquires Land to Conserve Eastern Saline Wetlands; Traffic Changes on 16th and 17th Streets Delayed; Mayor Presents Award of Excellence for January; Antelope Valley Construction to Shift Traffic Patterns on 16th and 17th Streets; Town Hall and Cip Open House Postponed

January: State Farm Receives Community Conscience Award; Families of Military Offered Reserved Seating for City's Abraham Lincoln Celebration; Computer Virus Spreading Using Name "City of Lincoln"; "Lincoln Cares" Donations Can Now Be Made by Les Automatic Bank Billing Customers; Mayor Calls for More “Snow Buddies” to Volunteer; Citizens Invited To Use Temporary Parking Areas to Comply With Parking Bans; Snow Emergency Begins at 2 p.m. Today, Parking Ban Begins Tuesday; Town Hall and CIP Open House Set for February 2; Plans Announced for City’s Fourth Abraham Lincoln Celebration; Mayor Chooses Tour de Lincoln Project for Arts Award; Mayor Presents Award of Excellence for December; City Crime Rate Drops to 18-Year Low; Mayor Forms Street Finance Committee; Lincoln Named One of Top Digital Cities in Nation

Past Media Releases: 2003 2002 2001 2000

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