02 Feb Mayor for a Day 2016

The Mayor’s Youth Council is currently accepting essays for the Mayor for a Day contest 2016. In order to be eligible, you must be in grades 9 – 12 and write an essay or create a 1-3 minute video uploaded to YouTube on the 3 things you would do to make Calgary an even better place to live if you were Mayor. You can find more details/submit their essay/video URL online at www.youthcentral.com/mayorforaday .

The deadline is March 20, 2016.

Shortlisted essays/videos are given to Mayor Nenshi and he chooses the eventual Mayor for a Day, who spends the day at City Hall with the Mayor and has meetings with the appropriate City of Calgary department about their ideas (i.e. if they have an idea to improve Parks, they meet with city staff from the Parks department to discuss their idea).