Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Jr. To Deliver State Of The City Via Facebook

DEARBORN, MI — Citizens of Dearborn, the mayor has something to say to you...on Facebook. For the first time in history, Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. will deliver his 2017 State of the City Address via Facebook in five nightly 10-minute installments, according to a press release. For non-Facebookers, the addresses will also be shown on CDTV and available at www.cityofdearborn.org.

Mayor O'Reilly will take to the city of Dearborn's Facebook each night at 7:00 p.m. from Sun., Feb 12 - Thurs., Feb. 16 and dedicate each segment to an important topic. The line-up is: the Fire Department (Feb. 12), Police Department (Feb. 13), Economic Development (Feb. 14), Neighborhoods (Feb. 15) and the Vision for Positioning the City for a Bright Future (Feb. 16).

The move to social media over a formal in-person address is designed to be convenient for people, who will be able to tune into the mayor in a couple computer clicks instead of potentially taking time off work or finding a sitter so they can drive to the address, as in years past. Mayor O'Reilly said in a statement, "...I felt in the past that the formality of a State of the City presentation was a bit of an obstacle for some people, and not convenient for people to get the information they were looking for. To me, the messages are more important than a ceremonial event, so I want to make it as easy as possible for residents to tune into what interests them. Our new approach seems a better way to do that.”

Photo courtesy of the city of Dearborn