During the 11/03/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Jake Woodford presented four mayoral proclamations. The first proclaimed November 1-7, 2021 to be Appleton High Schools DECA Week. Mayor Woodford encouraged “residents, businesses, and organizations to become familiar with the services and benefits offered by Appleton’s high […]
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Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Proclamations At 10/06/2021 Common Council Meeting – Mental Health Day, Coming Out Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, White Cane Awareness Day, Fire Prevention Week, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 mayoral proclamations at the 10/06/2021 Common Council meeting. In the first, Mayor Woodford proclaims October 10, 2021 to be Mental Health Day in Appleton and reminds “residents of available community resources to help take care of their own mental […]
Mayor Proclaims September 15 – October 15 To Be Hispanic Heritage Month In Appleton
During the 09/15/2021 Common Council meeting Mayor Woodford noted that on Saturday, 09/11/2021, he had attended an event at Pierce Park where he had presented the Hispanic Heritage Month proclamation. In other years, this would have been Latinofest, but this year Casa Hispana reimagined it […]
September 11, 2001 Remembrance Day
Today is the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Mayor Woodford has proclaimed today September 11, 2001 Remembrance Day in Appleton and has commended “all citizens to remember with eternal respect those whose lives were suddenly and mercilessly taken from them on September […]
Common Council Approves Mayor’s Appointments To Appleton’s Redistricting Committee
On 09/01/2021 the Common Council voted 14-0 to approve Mayor Woodford’s recommended appointments to the Appleton Redistricting Committee. As outlined in his memo to the Council, the committee is composed of 10 members, 5 of whom serve by virtue of their roles and 5 alderpersons […]
Mayor Woodford Presents 5 Proclamations At 09/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – Senior Center Month, Childhood Cancer Month, Hmong New Year, Arts In Education Week, and September 11 Remembrance Day
On 09/01/2021 during the Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford presented 5 mayoral proclamations. In the first, he proclaimed September to be “Senior Center Month” and encouraged “all citizens to recognize the important contributions of senior centers in the Fox Cities.” In the second he proclaimed […]
Mayor Woodford Proclaims August 2021 To Be Breastfeeding Awareness Month In Appleton
Last week during the Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford presented one proclamation in which he proclaimed the month of August, 2021 to be Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Appleton and encouraged “citizens to join healthcare and breastfeeding advocates in celebrating and promoting awareness of the benefits […]
Mayor To Present Two Proclamations – Parks and Recreation Month and Children’s Week In Appleton
Tonight at the 07/21/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Jake Woodford will be presenting two proclamations. In the first, he proclaims the month of July 2021 to be Parks and Recreation Month in Appleton and urges “all citizens to join with other communitites in recognizing that […]
Mayor Woodford Welcomes New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator
Mayor Woodford took some time during the 06/16/2021 Common Council meeting to introduce the city’s newly hired Diversity Equity and Inclusion coordinator. Terrence “Timber” Smith will be officially joining the Mayor’s office on Monday 06/21/2021. Mr. Smith grew up in Milwaukee and came to the […]
Mayor To Present Two Proclamations – Pollinator Week And Refugee Day
Mayor Woodford will be presenting two mayoral proclamations at tonight’s Common Council meeting. The first proclaims June 21-27, 2021 as Pollinator Week in Appleton. He calls “upon all residents to join [him] in celebrating the significance of pollinators with appropriate observances and activities.” The second […]