★ Next Community CARE Meeting — Monday, August 31, 2026Schedule ↓

Every fifth Monday

Community CARE

An open, informal meeting between a commissioner and the people she works for. No podium, no time clock — bring your questions about the city and get real answers.

What to expect

Fifth Mondays belong to you

Whenever a month has five Mondays, the fifth one is reserved for Community CARE. It's the promise she made when she ran — quarterly face time between residents, commissioners, and city officials — made real as a recurring habit.

Come with a question about a recent vote, a problem on your street, or an idea worth exploring. If she doesn't know the answer on the spot, she'll chase it down and follow up.

Location: the Court Room at City Hall. Each date's start time is announced ahead of the meeting — check this page, her Facebook page, or send her a note and she'll make sure you know.

Laura sharing emergency-alert sign-ups and weather radios with residents at Storm Safety Day

Why "CARE"

It's a standard, not a slogan

CARE is how she promised to show up — and the yardstick residents should hold her to.

C
Considerate
A
Accessible
R
Responsive
E
Engaged

The commitments behind it

What Collegedale can hold her to

Communication

Regular, face-to-face time for citizens, commissioners, planners, and city officials to solve problems together — plus pushing for emergency communication and a real city newsletter, not just Facebook posts.

Accountability

The commission and city management answer to the citizens of Collegedale for how taxpayer dollars are spent. Every decision should trace back to the needs of the people who live here.

Respect

Citizens should feel like the priority in their own town. City services deserve a customer-service mindset, and every resident deserves to be heard and respected.

Efficiency

The word is on Collegedale's city seal. Mowing, sidewalks, road maintenance, smart traffic signals — she keeps asking whether city resources are actually working as hard as the people paying for them.

How the last one went

June 29, 2026 — Court Room at City Hall

The billing on the flyer read “a time to listen, share concerns, and focus on solutions for our community” — and the room backed it up. It wasn't just one commissioner taking questions:

Guests included

  • State Rep. Greg Vital
  • County Commissioner Jeff Eversole
  • School Board Rep. Felice Hadden
  • Collegedale Judge Curtis Bowe
  • Collegedale city commissioners

One evening, one room: your state representative, county commissioner, school board rep, city judge, and city commissioners — all there to listen. That's the whole idea.

Guests standing together to take resident questions at the June 29 Community CARE meeting Residents and guests talking in small breakout circles at the June 29 Community CARE meeting

June 29 in the Court Room at City Hall — the guest lineup, then the room broken into small circles.

Mark your calendar

Fifth Mondays, 2026–2027

Mar 30, 2026 held Jun 29, 2026 held Mon, Aug 31, 2026 next Nov 30, 2026 Mar 29, 2027 May 31, 2027

Want a reminder or have a topic you'd like covered? Send it in — Community CARE agendas are built from what residents bring.