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Well, Athens is a little like kind of a
Hallmark town.

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>> It's a beautiful downtown, a town that

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still has an identity
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» and it hadn't outgrown that real
community feel. That's what I really

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enjoy about Athens.
>> Athens is so very [music] unique. We are

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that quaint, quintessential small town
that has heart [music] at every turn. We

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are experiencing quite a bit of growth.
The Athens of 2026

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is fun.
>> I like being able to walk downtown

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and have dinner and walk home.

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» We have a tremendous
community [music]

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to bring your family up in.
If I'm going to be a servant of people,

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I've tried it well continuing on the
city [music] council. To do that, you

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have to have somewhat of a servant's
heart.

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» I think everybody has a heart for
service. They're here to make the city

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[music] a better place.

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We're the legislative body of the city.
>> We make [music] ordinances that affect

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the city. We approve budgets. The city
council is the financial [music] arm

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of city government. We work diligently
[music] to fill the needs of the

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community and be good stewards of the
money that we oversee.

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» I'm Chris Seibert. I serve on the
[music] Athens City Council District 1.

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» My name is Allen Crace. I'm the District
2 representative on Athens City [music]

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Council.
>> My name is James Lucas.

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I serve on Athens City Council
representing District 3.

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» My name [music] is Dina Henry. I'm a
member of the Athens City Council

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representing District 4.
>> Hi, I'm Amy Golden. I serve on the

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Athens City Council and I represent
District 5.

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» It's a group of people that have
a great love for this [music] city.