PLAINFIELD MAYOR’S INAUGURAL
TO BEGIN WEEK OF SERVICE
Wednesday, December 18, 2013, Plainfield, NJ – Plainfield Mayor-Elect Adrian Mapp has announced his first community-wide initiative, “A Call to Serve Plainfield,” beginning on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, with his inaugural celebration. The People’s Celebration will take place at noon on January 1 on the steps of Plainfield City Hall, beginning with a ceremonial swearing in. Following a brief ceremony, attendees and all Plainfield residents are invited to “The People’s Feast,” an event with food and music at Plainfield High School from 1-4 p.m. Plainfield’s restaurant community will donate food tastings for the event, which is free of charge.
“The city of Plainfield is known as a caring community, and rightly so,” said Mayor-Elect Adrian Mapp. “I want to build upon this by offering opportunities to all of our residents to serve our city and our larger community, beginning with our Inaugural Week of Service from January 1-January 7.”
The Inaugural Week of Service will feature these highlights:
- January 1 – Ceremonial Swearing In, noon, City Hall, and People’s Feast, 1-4 p.m. at Plainfield High School. The People’s Feast will have opportunities for residents to sign up for membership on Plainfield Boards and Commissions.
- January 2 – New and gently used men’s, women’s, and children’s coats will be collected at City Hall from 9 am – 5 pm. The coats will be distributed to service organizations throughout Plainfield.
- January 3 –Senior Appreciation Day. Mayor Adrian Mapp will visit senior centers across Plainfield. Plainfield residents are asked to perform acts of kindness and gratitude for Plainfield’s senior citizens.
- January 4 and 5 – Plainfield residents are asked to “Shop, Eat, Support Plainfield” by patronizing local stores and restaurants throughout the weekend. The Mapp Administration is focused on economic development and revitalizing Plainfield’s downtown.
- January 6 – Thank-you cards and letters to our military will be collected at City Hall from 9-5 p.m. and distributed through the organization, “A Million Thanks.” Guidelines can be found on the organization’s website at www.amillionthanks.org. The City’s reorganization meeting begins at 6:00 pm in the auditorium at Plainfield High School.
- January 7 - Mayor Adrian Mapp and other city officials will participate in “Read Across Plainfield,” an initiative designed to highlight the importance of education in the Mapp Administration. This will be done in partnership with the Plainfield Board of Education.
In the coming weeks, Mapp said he plans to introduce a “Plainfield Volunteer Corps,” an initiative that will match city residents with volunteer opportunities.
“The days ahead must bring positive change for Plainfield,” said Mayor-Elect Mapp. “We have incredible resources in our city, and we will all be called upon to give our best to our city, so that we can secure its future.”
I'm actually going to request the 1st off simply to try and sign up for one of the commissions
ReplyDeleteWas any consideration given towards a day of community anti violence awareness publicly uniting with those who are actively involved in such work nevertheless our work in the streets will continue peace. Norman x johnson
ReplyDeleteHow about listing the unsolved murders in town and asking for volunteers to catch the criminals [someone HAS to know who killed them all]
ReplyDeleteNorman and GB... those are good ideas as well. You should communicate them to the new mayor.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he will get the high school band and choir to entertain us
ReplyDelete...July 4th, 5th, and the 6th of 2014: Why do you let the central Americans, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaraqua, to turn to the highest volume. The quoted decimals is less than 85. Above that can cause ear damage. Why Plainfield New Jersey allow this to happen to citizens. We all don't like their loud music...
ReplyDelete...Latino's causing windows to be shut. Their down town music to in ear splitting range. You can hear their loud music with my window being shut and in another room away from East Front Street. I took a ride in my car to get the name of celebration on-going. Nobody could speak English. I live a mile from the area where the negative extravaganza. I saw to Plainfield Police persons in an unmarked cruiser. They had the windows up. The loud negative sound of the several over top huge amplifiers 'pump out' tensions felt as I touched to police officer's car. How could they stand it being so close. They were parked on Watchung Ave at the carnaval entrance. Mapp, I hope you've paid them! They may have hearing damage in years to come. Then Plainfield will really pay for your error. Tell the Latino's to turn the music down. If they don't. then arrest them....
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