October 20, 2017 By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie came bursting in the door with his trademark high level of Monday morning energy,...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Teach Your Goat
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The subtitle of this 3rd chapter in Steve Gilliland’s book called, Hide Your Goat, is “The...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Taking A Moment, Taking A Breath
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Mayor Ronnie came into the office with a lot of concerns squarely on his shoulders. “Six...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: A Tale Of Two Champions
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The day was wild enough that we were going to have to do our interview in...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “Without A Vision…”
By: Ali ElizabethTurner “…the brownfields perish.” Mayor Ronnie was just back from Prattville, where the ADEM-sponsored Brownfield Conference had been...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Herd Your Goat
By: Ali ElizabethTurner Mayor Ronnie and I have both been enjoying and discussing the wisdom and vulnerability of Steve Gilliland...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Hide Your Goat, Part 2
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner “We DO have to say this,” Mayor Ronnie chuckled as he pointed to a particular chapter...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Hide Your Goat, Part 2
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner “We DO have to say this,” Mayor Ronnie chuckled as he pointed to a particular chapter...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “Hide Your Goat,” Part 1
Due to the holiday, we met on the morning of Wednesday July 5th after a fireworks display the night before...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “No Country For Average Joes”
The concept of “the Average Joe” is generally one of affection in our culture. “Joe” is the guy who works...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: “Be Like Barney!”
May is always a time when adults are dealing with lumps in their throats at the prospect of grads getting...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 7, Thriving Through Loving
We have known that as enlightening as it would be to keep exploring Peter Kageyama’s award-winning book entitled For The...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 6-Calling All Co-Creators
This is the sixth in a series about a book that was given to Mayor Marks for Christmas by his...
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Kim’s First Day – What Makes Ronnie Roll
It had been an emotional week, a changing of the guard, if you will. Vicky Dowd’s last day as the...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 5
Mayor Ronnie came zooming in, having just welcomed utilities workers from several states who were beginning their first day at...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 4
If you look at the “City Nutrition Pyramid” that Peter Kageyama uses in his book, For The Love Of Cities...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 3
What makes a city “healthy?” It is a blend of things like economic development, public safety, fun, functionality, and more....
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The State Of The City, 2017
It was a gorgeous spring-like day on the Athens State University Campus, and the Chamber of Commerce sponsored luncheon and...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: For The Love Of Cities, Part 2
For the past 20 years, Sweet Home Baptist Church has hosted a service to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin...
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