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City Officials will host a ‘Neighborhood Meeting’ on Tuesday, November 17^th at 5:30 pm at Shirley Winston Park, 5025 Steam Mill Road, as part of the ‘All Hands on Deck Campaign’ to clean up our neighborhoods and our city.  We must get a handle on the uncleanliness of our community, and it will take “all of our community leaders and residents to make this happen”. This is just the start of getting this done through collaboration and coordination. 

The Columbus Consolidated Government Department of Public Works has recently received full accreditation by the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the 3rd time. This accreditation formally verifies and recognizes that the agency is in full compliance with the recommended management practices set forth in APWA’s Public Works Management Practices Manual.

Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission will be hosting a drive-thru free paper shredding and shoe recycling event.   The event will be held in front of the City Services Center on Saturday, November 21^st from 9:00am to 1:00pm.   This event is open to Muscogee County residents.

The Columbus Consolidated Government will transfer .27 acres of alleyway (consisting of two public alleyways) between 32^nd Street and 35^th Street, east of 1^st Avenue to Bibb City Enterprises, LLC, for the appraised value of $23,600, including any other fees incurred by the City. The transfer was authorized by City Council Resolution No. 338-26 on October 13, 2026. This notice satisfies the requirements in the Columbus Charter Section 7-501 (5).

The Columbus Consolidated Government will hold a ceremony on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. to mark the renaming of the Boxwood Recreation Center as the Jerry “Pops” Barnes Recreation Center.