The City of Rolla’s dynamic online presence is growing from our original Website to include Blogs, Facebook and Twitter, which can all be reached from the City’s official Website at www.rollacity.org.
In addition to providing residents and visitors alike with timely, up-to-date information regarding City news and events, a lot of these new online venues provide a more interactive forum, which allows feedback and dialogue to occur.
If you are not yet a fan of the City’s new Facebook page, I encourage you to join by simply visiting the City’s Website at www.rollacity.org and clicking on the blue Facebook icon, which is half way down on the right hand side. Just click on the Facebook icon and it will take you directly to the City of Rolla’s Facebook page where you can follow the City’s latest Facebook posts and conversations. You can likewise click on the Twitter icon and Blog icon and follow the City on Twitter and all of the blogs we post on a regular basis. The “F.T.B.” icon combination greatly expands the City’s communication offerings, and reflects the City’s continued efforts to keep our residents and community abreast of City services, programs, events, news, while also providing an opportunity for readers to comment and give feedback on posts.
City departments such as Police, Fire and Rescue, Animal Control, and The Centre, have had an expanded online presence on Facebook for many months – all with growing fan bases, and can all be reached from their various department Web pages, which you can access from the City’s Website at www.rollaicty.org.
In closing I’d like to remind everyone that the 2010 “Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday” is just around the corner on April 19 through April 25. The Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday encourages the purchase of certain qualifying energy efficient appliances by exempting them for sales tax, and thereby reducing the consumer’s cost for such appliances. Qualifying appliances, which must be Energy Star certified, include clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, trash compactors, dishwashers, conventional ovens, ranges, stoves, air conditioners, furnaces, refrigerators and freezers. An Energy Star certified appliance is any appliance approved by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.
I’d also like to remind everyone that the Environmental Services Department will once again be participating in the 9th Annual Rolla Earth Day Celebration on Thursday, April 22. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the Missouri S&T Havener Center. This year’s theme is “Be Green, Keep our Planet Clean.” Rolla Earth Day Celebration is a free event that includes children’s activities, educational exhibits, live music, door prizes and more.
I hope you are enjoying the wonderful spring weather we have been having, and taking full advantage of the City’s 31 parks, 11-mile pedestrian/bike trail system, and the 1.3 million-acre Mark Twain National Forest that surrounds our great community.
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