During this morning’s city council meeting, The Parkway East District Business Association (PEDBA) [directions] handed out copies of a letter announcing their Eastern Area Mayoral Candidates Forum scheduled for next week Thursday, July 26. This would be the first such event organized during this mayoral election cycle.

The forum will be held at Parkway Christian Fellowship Church from 7 – 8:30 p.m. The letter states that the questions will be focused on specific needs of the Eastern area, including youth development, security, economic development and business.

Questions may be submitted before the forum begins by audience members for consideration by the panel however there will be no direct interaction between the audience and those candidates that choose to participate.

According to PEDBA president Tricia Working, mayoral candidate Patrick Cooper has already rescheduled an event in order to attend. We are awaiting confirmation from his campaign of whether or not he will be attending.