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New mayor selected to attend Harvard program

Newly-elected Westland how to set strategic citywide pri- capabilities our city needs to Coleman will join 26 other
Mayor Kevin Coleman has been orities, build effective city hall lead and deliver on residents' newly-elected U.S. mayors for a
selected to participate in the organizations, and deliver for most pressing challenges and three-day immersive classroom
Bloomberg Center for Cities at residents, according to informa- opportunities.” experience at Harvard
Harvard University Program for tion released by the city. The As cities find themselves on University. In addition to the
New Mayors: First 100 Days pro- new class of the Program for the frontlines of addressing core coursework and connection
gram. New Mayors includes officials increasingly global challenges, with peers, the Program for New
Coleman was one of only 27 from 21 states and represents the Program for New Mayors: Mayors provides opportunities
mayors across the country more than 9.5 million residents First 100 Days is designed to for new mayors to share strate-
selected to attend the program nationwide. help new mayors make the most gies with other mayors through
which is delivered in collabora- “Effective mayors build of their roles, according to a pre- the Bloomberg Center for Cities'
tion with the Institute of Politics strong city teams and robust city- pared statement. Through the mayoral leadership network,
at Harvard Kennedy School, the wide coalitions that move com- Program for New Mayors, may- and learn about interventions
U.S. Conference of Mayors, and munities forward,” said ors gain strategic insights for that are already working effec-
Bloomberg Philanthropies. As a Coleman. “I am proud to be strengthening critical leader- tively to better resident lives in
participant in the Program for selected to join the Program for ship and management skills, other cities, the prepared state-
New Mayors, Coleman will New Mayors: First 100 Days at leading teams to work across ment noted.
experience world-class training the Bloomberg Center for Cities departments and sectors, and The Program for New Mayors Mayor Kevin Coleman
from Harvard faculty, urban at Harvard University, and learn building out their city hall builds on the longstanding tradi-
innovation and management alongside other U.S. mayors and organizations in their first days tion of a seminar for new mayors Politics in 1975, the statement
experts and other mayors on global experts to strengthen the and months in office. that originated at the Institute of concluded.

Winning ways

Members of the Three Cities Art Club
recognized recent exhibition winners
during a public reception at the
Westland Gallery in City Hall. First place
in the photography category was award-
ed to Lawerence Hamilton for his art-
work “Crosswalk,” while second place
honors went to Allen Brooks for “Golden
Age of Industry. The third-place award
went to John Middlestead for “Boneyard
Pastel Sunset.” Honorable mentions
went to Cheryl Ann Boc-Chidester for
“Vines of Gaudi,” and Terri Haranczak
for “Old Truck.” (Fuzzy Dice). Honors in
other categories included a first-place
award to Brenda Everson for “Faces 4,”
a second place award to J. Susan Aitken
for her art, “The Apple,” and third place
honors to Barbara Kish for “Christmas.”
Honorable mentions in this category
went to Gabrielle Dolin for “Noveau
Ballet,” and Kseniya Hauptmann for
“The Sound of the Ocean.” The special
judge award went to Susan Aitken for
“Sunlit Gaze.” The winning artwork and
entries will be on display at the Westland
Gallery in City Hall through Jan. 4.
Admission is free and open to the pub-
lic.