SUPT. BEN WILLIAMS to be guest speaker during Mayor Sollars' annual State of the City Feb. 15

Taylor School District Supt. Ben Williams is scheduled to be a special guest speaker during Mayor Rick Sollars' 2018 State of the City Address at noon on February 15. The program will be held in the Prechter Educational & Performing Arts Center at Wayne County College College's Downriver District. 

Admission is free.

Supt. Williams and Mayor Sollars will both have "great" things to say about the community -- the school superintendent will discuss the new Taylor High School, a brand new learning academies concept and many other new features coming to the Taylor Schools. 

Meanwhile, Mayor Sollars' keynote speech, his fifth since taking office in 2013, will focus on the City's new Good to Great Neighborhoods Program, with will bring a new emphasis on improving residential and businesses areas throughout the community.

The State of the City program annually benefits charities, and this year is no different. Proceeds from this year's program will be divided between the new Taylor Goodfellows and the 23rd District Court's Goodwill Gardens program. The Goodfellows, restarted in late 2017, helped 29 families and 60 children over the holiday season. The Goodwill Gardens annually plants and harvest produce that is then used at charitable organizations like the Downriver Fish & Loaves Food Pantry.

Over time, the SOC has raised approximately $20,000 for Taylor charities. 

The 2018 SOC, presented by the Rotary Club of Taylor, will give a unique opportunity to see the new visions for the City and the public school district simultaneously.

School groups (middle or high school only) and other organizations are welcome to attend. If your group is interested, please contact Kimber Dorton at (734) 374-1450. Individual walkups are welcome -- just be in your Prechter Center seat by noon sharp!