Evanston to hold ‘Twitter Town Hall’

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Updated: February 2, 2012 8:59AM

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl will host the north suburb’s first “Twitter Town Hall” meeting this month, as the city continues to search for new and innovative ways to engage residents.

The “meeting” will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 15, a release from the city said.

“We get daily inquiries from our residents and we recognize that Twitter is a tool that enables us to help bolster our customer service efforts,” Citizen Engagement Coordinator Adelita Hernandez said.

Residents can submit questions starting Feb. 8, at twitter.com/CityofEvanston or by emailing ahernandez@cityofevanston.org. Tisdahl will discuss economic development and the Safe Summer 2012 initiative in the virtual meeting, then field pre-submitted and live questions.

To participate, Twitter users must include the hashtag #askTisdahl when posing a question. All questions with the hashtag will be included in the selection process.

If web users do not have a Twitter account, they can visit twitter.com to sign up and follow the city at twitter.com/CityofEvanston.

— Sun-Times Media