{"id":2733,"date":"2009-11-19T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T18:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2009-11-19T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T18:47:56","slug":"florissant-prepares-for-2010-census-federal-funds-for-city-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=2733","title":{"rendered":"Florissant Prepares For 2010 Census; Federal Funds For City At Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Carol Arnett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Robert Lowery is already starting efforts to encourage citizens to fill out their federal census forms next year so they will be counted.<\/p>\n<p>At the council meeting last week, Lowery used time during his \u201cmessage from the mayor\u201d remarks to urge people to send the form in. \u201cWe have about 54,000 people,\u201d he said. \u2018if we don\u2019t stay there, we could potentially lose $2-3 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several grants are based on census figures, as are some tax distributions. At the executive session before the council meeting, Lowery asked all the council members to help get the word out about the importance of the census. He also asked them to be thinking of other ways to get the message out.<\/p>\n<p>The city will start its campaign for the census after the first of the year, Lowery told the council. Councilwoman Karen McKay said that North County Incorporated has already developed some materials for its marketing campaign for the census. Since the city is a member, they are able to use the materials.<\/p>\n<p>McKay said that NCI created a simple brochure with ten questions and answers about the census. McKay said she liked it because it was simple, easy to read, and answered the questions most asked. NCI is also distributing reusable grocery bags with the census logo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so important,\u201d McKay said, \u201cMissouri could lose a congress seat if the numbers go down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Carol Arnett Mayor Robert Lowery is already starting efforts to encourage citizens to fill out their federal census forms next year so they will be counted. At the council meeting last week, Lowery used time during his \u201cmessage from the mayor\u201d remarks to urge people to send the form in. \u201cWe have about 54,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florissant","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florissant Prepares For 2010 Census; Federal Funds For City At Stake - flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=2733\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florissant Prepares For 2010 Census; Federal Funds For City At Stake - flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Carol Arnett Mayor Robert Lowery is already starting efforts to encourage citizens to fill out their federal census forms next year so they will be counted. 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