{"id":61522,"date":"2015-04-30T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61522"},"modified":"2015-04-26T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T20:46:21","slug":"ithaca-mayor-keynote-speaker-at-morrisville-state-commencement-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61522","title":{"rendered":"Ithaca Mayor Keynote Speaker at Morrisville State Commencement May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Franci Valenzano, Public Relations Associate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>\u00a0(Morrisville, NY \u2013 April 2015) Ithaca Mayor Svante L. Myrick will be the keynote speaker at Morrisville State College\u2019s commencement, which will be held\u00a0Saturday May 9 at 1 p.m. in the college\u2019s Recreation Center.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in\u00a0Earlville,\u00a0Myrick was sworn into office in January 2012 and became, at 24, the city of Ithaca\u2019s youngest mayor and first mayor of color.\u00a0 He was first elected to the Common Council at the age of 20 while still a junior at Cornell University. He is\u00a0one of the\u00a0youngest mayors in US history\u00a0and one of the few to be popularly elected by city-wide vote.<\/p>\n

Myrick\u2019s first budget included a radical overhaul of city government that merged departments, streamlined processes and successfully closed a $3 million deficit\u2014\u00a0all while delivering the lowest tax increase in the City of Ithaca since the year 2000.<\/p>\n

His active advocacy in Albany and in Washington D.C. has resulted in more than $20 million of grants and awards from the state and federal government.<\/p>\n

Myrick also turned his dedicated mayoral parking space into a public park, brought fireworks back to the City on the Fourth of July and moved Ithaca into the 21st\u00a0century by embracing social media and overhauling the city\u2019s web presence.<\/p>\n

His recent accomplishments include revisions to the city of Ithaca\u2019s sidewalk policy, an overhaul of storm water utility legislation, successful implementation of the total rehabilitation of the Commons, Ithaca\u2019s downtown pedestrian mall, and making changes within the Ithaca Police Department in an effort to improve police and community relations.<\/p>\n

A youth advocate, Myrick chaired the committee to create the Ithaca Youth Council in 2008, his first year in office. His experience with poverty and homelessness as a child has shaped some of his political beliefs and passion for public service.<\/p>\n

Myrick earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in communication from Cornell University.<\/p>\n

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