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Masino elected to lead metro mayors group

September 2005

Suwanee Mayor Nick Masino has been elected chairman of the Metro Atlanta Mayors Association (MAMA). Elected at the Georgia Municipal Association's annual convention, Masino assumed leadership this summer.

MAMA consists of mayors from 62 cities in 10 counties in metropolitan Atlanta. The association has an 11-member executive committee with mayoral representatives from each of the 10 counties as well as the immediate past president.

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MAMA's goals are to foster communication among cities in the metro Atlanta region; support public policy decisions beneficial to local governments; coordinate activities that benefit the entire region; and relate needs to federal, state and regional agencies and organizations as well as to citizens.

"One of MAMA's primary goals this year," Masino says, "will be to work with the Georgia Department of Transportation to create more walkable communities. We'll need DOT's cooperation and assistance to fully implement the pedestrian-focused vision that many communities are in the process of creating through programs such as the Atlanta Regional Commission's Livable Centers Initiative."

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