City of Monroe, GA Government

We ask that everyone please use caution this morning while traveling, and if you don’t have to get on the roads this morning please avoid doing so for your safety. Crews will be working in the various areas where flooding has already or may occur to relieve any stress on the stormwater system as best they can during this time of heavy rainfall.

We thank you for your patience this morning and during the day. Please travel safely if you must!

Join us for our upcoming Codeapalooza discussions and workshops! This series of event discussions is setup to provide participation and public input where everyone is invited to work together with neighbors, fellow business owners, and a multidisciplinary consulting team. The entire process is open to the public and designed both to protect and enhance Monroe and help set a clear vision for the future!

All of the meetings are open to the public! You are cordially invited to attend and engage with our consultant team each day. If you are unable to attend the Opening or Closing presentations in person, you can attend remotely via Zoom! Be sure to register in advance for both the Opening and Closing meetings if you plan to attend via Zoom.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 6pm (EST) Opening Presentation
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwufu-rrjkrGdNEaCwLNpA0pi82bOgS3bx-

Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 9am to 7pm at the Wayfarer Music Hall located at 123 N Lumpkin St.

Friday, January 19, 2024 from 9am to 7pm at Team Up Mentoring located at 601 S Madison Ave - Suite B.

Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 6pm (EST) Closing Presentation
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqd-ysqjIsG91oLVw5Up5B-VvtwIAp57FA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Also, please visit our website at https://www.monroega.com/plandev/page/form-based-code-codeapalooza to learn more about the schedule and location of events to be held during the Codeapalooza event discussions. Along with the Opening and Closing virtual discussions (links above) there will also be physical event discussions that will be held at City Hall (215 North Broad Street), the Wayfarer Music Hall (123 North Lumpkin Street), and Team Up Mentoring (601 South Madison Avenue, Suite 😎.

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Notice: we are aware of a large service area on the north side of town without power. Crews are responding to a broken pole and blown transformer resulting from a fallen tree. Some internet services may be affected as well.

Otherwise, Merry Christmas!

City offices will be closed for the Christmas holidays beginning on Friday, December 22nd, then closed on Monday, Christmas Day, and Tuesday, December 26th. Please take note, there will be a modified schedule this coming week for solid waste collections due to this closure. Please see below...

Monday, December 25, 2023 - no collection
Tuesday, December 26, 2023 - no collection
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 - Monday routes
Thursday, December 28, 2023 - Tuesday & Wednesday routes
Friday, December 29, 2023 - Thursday routes

The following week, City offices will be closed for New Years Day on Monday, January 1st. Please take note of the schedule change for that holiday below as well...

Monday, January 1, 2024 - no collection
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - Monday routes
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 - Tuesday routes
Thursday, January 4, 2024 - Wednesday routes
Friday, January 5, 2024 - Thursday routes

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The holidays while joyous and exciting bring about the opportunity for potential scams. We have had several reports of incidents involving phone calls to customers by someone claiming to be an employee of the City of Monroe informing them to pay their utility bills or they will have their services disconnected. Keep in mind that no City of Monroe employee will call you asking for payment and warning that utilities will be cut off if payment is not made.

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE PAYMENT INFORMATION over the phone if this happens to you!

All payments should be made in person, through the mail, by using the kiosk in our drive thru area, or by phone at 1 (833) 441-1751.

Did you know you can watch the 70th Annual Christmas Parade live from the comfort of your home? Tune into local channel 18.1/16 or https://www.youtube.com/. Join us in person or from the comfort of your home, tonight at 6:30 as we kick off the Christmas season in Monroe!
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Important street closure for our 70th Annual Christmas Parade tomorrow night. Parde kicks off at 6:30 pm.

Parade route runs from City Hall to Walton Mill. Line the streets the entire route for great views.

Watch live on our local channel 18.1/16 or https://www.youtube.com/

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Have you seen it yet??? Come by the Town Green for the newest seasonal addition for Christmas photo ops in beautiful Downtown Monroe! Also, a very special THANK YOU to Keck & Wood Engineering for sponsoring this amazing installation!

Located at the corner of S. Madison Avenue and E. Church Street.

Merry Christmas, Monroe!

And so it begins…

Come and join us on this beautiful night in Childers Park as we open with our Bikes, Trikes, and Magical Lights Parade! If you can’t make it tonight, the show continues until the very end of December, nightly from 6pm to 9pm.

City offices will be closed for Thanksgiving holidays beginning at noon on Wednesday, November 22nd and reopening on Monday, November 27th. Please take note, there will be a modified schedule this coming week for solid waste collections due to this closure. Please see below...

Monday, November 20, 2023 - Monday routes
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - Tuesday & Wednesday routes
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - Thursday routes
Thursday, November 23, 2023 - no collection
Friday, November 24, 2023 - no collection

We hope everyone has a very safe and joyous family holiday!

Join us TONIGHT for our 5th annual Bikes, Trikes, and Magical Lights Parade at Childers Park!!!

Join us for a walk through our Christmas lights display featuring the Twelve Days of Christmas! We encourage kids to decorate their favorite bike, stroller, wagon, or any other favorite set of wheels to parade through the Christmas lights. The parade will begin at 6pm in the parking lot behind the Monroe Library. This event is free of charge and open to kids of all ages.

The lights will be on until 9pm nightly through December 31st.

Join us for our 5th annual Bikes, Trikes, and Magical Lights Parade this Thursday, November 16th at Childers Park in beautiful Downtown Monroe!!!

Join us for a walk through our Christmas lights display featuring the Twelve Days of Christmas! We encourage kids to decorate their favorite bike, stroller, wagon, or any other favorite set of wheels to parade through the Christmas lights. The parade will begin at 6pm in the parking lot behind the Monroe Library. This event is free of charge and open to kids of all ages.

The lights will be on until 9pm nightly through December 31st.

Veterans Day is a time for us to pay our respects to those who have served, and for one day (and every day) we stand united in respect for our veterans. Together, we celebrate and honor our veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and complete willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country's service and was originally called Armistice Day. November 11th was chosen because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. It was formally recognized on the “11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month” in 1918. Then, in 1954 the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor all veterans in all wars.

Today we continue to celebrate the day as Veterans Day, still recognizing the original tie with November 11, 1918. That means Veterans Day is on the same day every year, regardless of which day of the week it falls.

TREE DOWN!

There is a tree in the road on Alcovy Street near Breedlove Drive. Road blocked, power and internet services have been effected. Crews are working to clear the debris and restore services.

Contractors will be installing a new guardrail on East Marable Street beginning mid-morning on Tuesday, October 31st. The area of installation is between Birch Street and Roosevelt Street. This installation will take a couple of days.

Please use caution in this area during construction, and always!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

FIBER UPGRADES

Our provider will be upgrading system wide fiber connections tonight between midnight and 6am. There is a possibility of service interruptions city wide during this process. Service should return to normal no later than 7am. Anyone experiencing an outage after this time should contact our customer service call center at 770-267-3429.

Striping will begin on Walton Road and the adjacent streets on Wednesday, October 25th.

If possible, avoid this area or expect delays in travel times during this process.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The City of Monroe will begin regular routes of roadside leaf collection on Monday, November 6th with those routes ending around January 31st. The route schedule will follow the current residential trash collection schedule…so if you have trash collection on a Monday, the planned route for leaf collection will also be on a Monday, and so on. Keep in mind, during the start of leaf collection and as leaves fall more heavily this schedule may see some expected delays, but we will get to your area as soon as possible on the route schedule. We will have our leaf vacuum truck and leaf vacuum trailer running routes this season, along with our street sweeper to keep curbs and gutters clean throughout the season. Keep in mind, this process works as fluidly as both the weather and equipment operability allow!

An important note to help us, and to help your neighbors...we ask that residents place their leaves very near the edge of the roadside but not in the travel lane, in or near drainage ditches, inlets, or any other utility pedestals or meter boxes. Also, keep from placing other debris in with the collection piles of leaves as this may cause damage to equipment upon collection. Following these simple guidelines for the placement of collection piles will drastically assist our crews in the collection process and help to eliminate the amount of debris that reaches our streets and storm drainage systems!

If you have any questions, please reach out to our Public Works department at (770) 267-6933.

We’re just under an hour away from the official start of Fall Fest in beautiful Downtown Monroe! Come visit us today from 10am-4pm and enjoy this Saturday here with us…be sure to check out all the vendors and visit our downtown shops as well!

As the streets and the town gets ready this morning, be sure to join us today from 10-4 in beautiful Downtown Monroe for Fall Fest 2023!!!

Further construction has started on Walton Road and adjacent streets in the area for our 2023 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG). Milling will be taking place beginning today, October 5th and should be complete by the middle to end of next week. Upon completion of that portion, paving will then take place, followed by restriping (updates will be provided when an exact schedule is provided).

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause in the area but are looking forward to having this entire stretch of street completely rehabbed with the new sidewalks in place and asphalt!

To the residents of this area we thank you so much for your patience during this process!

There will be a temporary lane closure on Highway 11 North near the intersection of Mayfield Drive for the installation of equipment for the electric system.

Please use caution in this area and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The intersection of Atha Street/Pannell Road and South Madison Avenue will be closed for a period of time due to a water main break in the area. Please use caution when traveling in this area as crews are on site working to repair the break.

Water may be off to some residences in the area until the repair is made this evening.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

NOTICE: There will be a traffic pattern change at the intersection of South Madison Avenue and Vine Street in the City of Monroe. Effective Monday, October 9, 2023, this intersection will become a FOUR-WAY STOP intersection. The goal of this change is to reduce the rate of accidents that occur at this intersection due to the acute angle and resulting line of sight issues from Vine St.

For further reference, this intersection is just east of S. Broad St. (Highway 11) and adjacent to the Walton County Senior Citizens Center, Walton County Health Department, Walton County Public Works, Walton County Animal Control, and the Walton County Sheriff’s Office and Jail Complex.