COLUMBIA, S.C. — This week two mayors from the Midlands are collaborating within the Nationwide Mayors' Convention in Washington D.C.
Beginning Wednesday Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann and Cayce Mayor Elise Partin may have networking alternatives with different mayors from throughout the nation.
Mayor Rickenmann says he hopes these networking alternatives will present data and options to issues communities are going through round Columbia.
"This yr there's a few actually good matters that I am fascinated with," Rickenmann mentioned. "Clearly, homelessness is a giant one. How have a few of these different communities been capable of take care of it and the way can we improve what we're doing right here? Gun violence is one other one as effectively, and listening to from communities which have handled some mass shootings the place there have been a number of deaths. We need to perceive what they're doing now and stopping future occasions, but additionally what they discovered from these occasions."
The convention will final from Wednesday till Friday and can discover matters starting from psychological well being to combating childhood weight problems.
Rickenmann says he appears to be like ahead to attending the convention for his second yr in a row and studying much more from different cities like Columbia.
"Final yr we had a possibility and discovered loads from Denver about visitors calming of their neighborhoods. Denver shared with us a few of their research so now we're capable of take a few of that info and use it to take a look at what we are able to do with DOT that may be options to hurry bumps and different issues to calm visitors down in neighborhoods and enterprise districts," Rickenmann defined.
The mayors can be attending the convention within the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates and networking from 8 a.m. to eight p.m. every single day.
Rickenmann will host a presentation on Wednesday morning and focus on how mayors can entry and leverage BIL and IRA funding for water initiatives.
Mayor Partin won't be presenting however taking in all the brand new info this yr and hopes to convey again new concepts and options to the Metropolis of Cayce.
The Metropolis of Columbia has a council assembly scheduled for Tuesday, January 17 at 4 p.m. and the Metropolis of Cayce has a gathering on Wednesday, January 18 at 6 p.m.