I am so honored to be the Mayor of Camden, serving with an incredible City Council and staff. And your new City Administration has hit the ground running. At the City, we have: changed meeting dates to make council meetings more accessible to the public, started a quarterly newsletter so that our citizens and customers know more of what is going on, appointed citizen-led task forces to make recommendations on how to improve Camden, begun public strategic planning on zoning and how Camden should grow, acquired critical downtown property for redevelopment, removed dozens of overhead power poles, and created an employee of the month program to reward and encourage our wonderful City employees. Council is also focused on how we can save money, including selling off excess City owned property- did you know that the City owns a lakefront lot and cabin on Lake Wateree?

If you are not a City resident, but receive City utility service, we would love for you to join Team Camden and become a resident. Adjoining property owners can choose to join the team and become City residents by applying to the City. Benefits may include lower water rates, lower sewer rates, no fee for fire protection, and law enforcement service from Camden’s dedicated police force. If you live in an adjoining neighborhood, your entire neighborhood may be eligible to join Team Camden if 75% of the residents want to become part of our wonderful City and enjoy the many benefits of Camden.

The City of Camden is an incredible place to live, work, and visit. And I am thankful to join with you in making it even better!