Officially known as Bacon City, USA, this event draws over 10,000 visitors to Vernon in a single day.“We’re known as Bacon City USA. We’re the ‘Most Sizzling Little Town in Texas,’” boasts Mayor Gosline. A LOOK AHEAD Vernon’s leadership culture is grounded in collaboration, transparency, and a commitment to lifelong learning, which has enabled the city to embrace innovation, and move forward with enthusiasm. “One thing that we do better than a lot of rural communities is full transparency,” acknowledges Gosline. “We encourage people to come to city commission meetings, we have a monthly newsletter that goes out, we’re very active on social media, we have a digitized board announcing community events.This is the citizens’ town, and we encourage participation from our citizens, and want them to be included.” Moving forward Mayor Gosline says the top priorities include addressing the housing shortage, further strengthening infrastructure, and attracting new PROUD TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE WASTE PROVIDER OF VERNON, TEXAS WasteConnections.com | 940-592-5050 / Waste Connections of Northwest Texas At Waste Connections, we make it easy to manage your trash whether you're at home or running a business. 8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 06
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