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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Where There Is A Will, There Is A Way
What Makes Ronnie Roll

What Makes Ronnie Roll: Where There Is A Will, There Is A Way

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie, Holly Hollman, and several other public servants have been short on sleep and long...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Using Friday Forward To Build Your Capacity
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Using Friday Forward To Build Your Capacity

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Every year Mayor Ronnie and his team work hard to produce what is known as the...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Friday Forward And Man With A Plan
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Friday Forward And Man With A Plan

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The snow had set us back a bit, and we had to beat feet in order...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Capacity Building In 2021
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Capacity Building In 2021

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner We had all just come off of a challenging Christmas, and Mayor Marks made us laugh...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Need To Celebrate
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Need To Celebrate

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner For years when the mayor and I have met on the first and third Monday of...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Christmas Wishes
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Christmas Wishes

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The mayor and Holly Hollman had just been over to Big Spring Park decorating the city...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Touching On Thanksgiving
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Touching On Thanksgiving

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Given all the swirling sounds of discord and fear in our culture currently, Mayor Ronnie was...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Swearing In Our City’s Servants
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Swearing In Our City’s Servants

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Monday, November 2, 2020, was the day that the government of the city of Athens, AL,...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Athens -“A League Of Their Own”
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Athens -“A League Of Their Own”

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie came into his office and asked if I was familiar with the movie, A...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Communication Has Never Been More Important
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Communication Has Never Been More Important

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie and I had both been at the same event over the weekend, the For...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Stay Connected, Stay The Course
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Stay Connected, Stay The Course

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie and I met later in the day due to schedule conflicts, and I had...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: We’re All A Work In Progress
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: We’re All A Work In Progress

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Years ago, when I first started interviewing Mayor Marks, I was privileged to attend, along with...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Right Kind Of Flexibility
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Right Kind Of Flexibility

By:Ali Elizabeth Turner As is often the case, Mayor Ronnie came into his office still mulling over the words of...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Sending Off The Seniors
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Sending Off The Seniors

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner There is no doubt that in many ways 2020 has been one of the strangest years...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll” Being A City That Helps Other Cities
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What Makes Ronnie Roll” Being A City That Helps Other Cities

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The mayor and I met by phone on Wednesday, literally moments before Governor Ivey held her...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “Play It Well”
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “Play It Well”

By: Ali ElizabethTurner It was the day before the mayor’s birthday, so that was pretty much the first thing he...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: It Can Happen In Athens
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: It Can Happen In Athens

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie had to go to Montgomery to get the newest COVID update, so we had...
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Be The Voice Of Reason
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Be The Voice Of Reason

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Monday morning was different this time. Mayor Ronnie and I were trying to get our heads...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The “Lights” Of Athens
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The “Lights” Of Athens

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner It was the first time in two months that we were able to sit down at...
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The Trip Back To “Normal”
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The Trip Back To “Normal”

By: Ali Elizabeth Turner It was the day before Governor Ivey gave her press conference that signaled the official beginning...
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