Mayor Jamie Mayo Proven Leadership Ability

 

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Mayor Jamie Mayo

Mayor Mayo has over 20 years of business experience working with companies such as State Farm Insurance, Allstate Insurance and Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation.

His focus areas are: Economic Development, Public safety, Partnerships in Education, Beautification, Housing and Growth, and Marketing Monroe. Monroe is a seven-time winner of the Louisiana Municipal Association Community Achievement Award. Four of which were for economic development. Since 2001, more than 2000 new small, medium, and large-sized businesses have opened up shop in Monroe, creating thousands of new jobs.

Monroe is the home of the corporate headquarters for the nations' third largest telecommunications company CenturyLink, currently ranked #168 on the Fortune 500 list. IBM, CenturyLink and the State of Louisiana partnered to create 400 jobs in Monroe over the next 10 years. IBM will establish an application development and innovation center in Monroe. It will be the anchor of a new 80+ acre lifestyle community development.

Monroe has experienced major business growth and expansion through companies such as Vantage, Mid-South Extrusion, Gardner-Denver Thomas and more. During the Mayor administrations, tremendous growth and development have and continues to take place in Monroe's Air Industrial Park and the I-20, Tower-Armand, Downtown, and Southside Economic Development districts.

Under Mayor Mayo's leadership, the city has been recognized with notable accomplishments such as Class 1 Fire Rating, Greater Ouachita Port Facility, Downtown Revitalization, and I20/Garrett Road Interchange Project among many more.

A simple tour of the visual areas of the city will reveal that Mayor Jamie Mayo has proven his ability to continue to lead the city of Monroe.

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