Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson will deliver her final State of the City Address of her first term Friday, Feb. 20 at the Genesis Convention Center in downtown Gary at 11:30a.m. (CT). The address will also be streamed live.
“There are Gary natives who live all over the country who want to stay connected to their hometown,” said Chelsea Whittington, Director of Communications. “We are capitalizing on the opportunity that technology now affords us to promote Gary’s progress as it happens.”
Freeman-Wilson plans to share a recap of 2014 accomplishments and challenges while laying out goals for 2015.
There are three ways to stream the address:
Viewers may visit www.garycommoncouncil.org and click on the legislative media link on the right side of the page. Streamers may also go to www.ustream.tv and type in “wjpn” in the search box. Lastly, may visit the following link: www.ustream.tv/search?q=wjpn. The address will also be rebroadcast on Gary’s public access channel 4 later Friday afternoon.
The event’s title sponsor is NIPSCO along with a host of local supporting sponsors who will be acknowledged during the program. Tickets are $25 per person and must be reserved by calling (219) 881-1314 no later than Feb. 13. There are still sponsorship opportunities available as well.