Business View Civil and Municipal | May/June 2022

106 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5 opportunity to ensure that we are the central location for sports in this Middle Georgia area.” Looking to the future, Mayor Patrick has made it one of her priorities to develop a city center in the community, which currently does not have a downtown. She shares, “We want to develop a live, work, play, type city center. I’m going to be very focused on retail space. Warner Robins is full of restaurants, full of chains, and we don’t have enough of those mom-and-pop type shops. I’d really like to find a place where all those can gather, and we can be known for great food right here in our city center that you can’t find everywhere else.” Also on her agenda, is bringing events to the city – creating situations where residents and visitors can gather. She adds, “The cities that surround us have many opportunities to do those things, and many of us travel to outside cities to participate in their events. We want to be known for something other than Robins Air Force Base. We have lots to offer here. We are the best place to live in Middle Georgia, and we need more of an identity. We are known as The International City and it is time for us to embody that. I really want to create a fresh new experience in Warner Robins.” PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Central Georgia Technical College www.centralgatech.edu n Constantine Engineering an Ardurra Company Ardurra.com