Community Pride Partnership

As one of my initiatives, City Officials created the Apalachicola Community Pride Partnership Program as a means in which city officials, residents, and business owners could work together to find solutions to the common problems associated with the public consumption of alcohol, late-night loitering and loud music that surrounded existing businesses.

Because of these problems, a schism was beginning to develop between the residents and business owners. That’s when City Officials and Staff formed the Community Pride Partnership Program to bring about immediate harmony between the two groups while continuing our efforts to encourage more business development in the City.

Since its infancy, the program has gained the support of both groups and has expanded its initial scope to include providing activities for pre-teens, installing adequate street lighting, and establishing an ordinance that address-overgrown lots and dilapidated buildings.