Missoula Mayor Engen hopes new event tonight will stimulate discussion

"Looking around the country, the places that prosper are the ones that figure out ways to work together." Mayor John Engen

Representatives from the city, county and campus will join each other onstage Thursday evening for an event called "State of the Community." The three panelists will be Mayor John Engen, University of Montana President Royce Engstrom and County Commissioner Bill Carey. Each of them will deliver short remarks at the start of the forum.

The event will consist primarily of questions from the audience. Ginny Merriam, the city’s communications director, said that members of the community will be able to ask questions to the three men directly or write them on notecards that can be read by the moderator.

The free event will be held in the Montana Theatre, located in the PAR/TV building, at 7 p.m. It will be moderated by William Marcus, the director of UM’s Broadcast Media Center.

By Dillon Kato

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Missoula, Montana 3/15/12 – The State of the Community – Forward Together http://matr.net/article-49250.html