Coffee with a Cop, tomorrow, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.! More details in the LPD post below. #ASKLONGVIEW

October Koth Gallery Show at Longview Public Library The Koth Memorial Gallery at Longview Public Library will be displaying the Columbian Artists Association Fall Members Show from October 7th through October 26th. The Columbian Artists Association will also host a reception for this show on October 7th, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Koth Gallery. Contact Daniel at Longview Public Library at 360.442.5307 for more information about the Koth Memorial Gallery at Longview Public Library. #ASKLONGVIEW

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Last chance to get your mover and groover signed up for Hip Hop! Class starts Wednesday! Call 360-442-5400 or visit mylongview.com/recreation to sign up! #ASKLONGVIEW

Go to the Longview Outdoor Gallery page and vote for your "People's Voice" favorite art! (Please do not vote on this post, but go to the LOG page.) #ASKLONGVIEW

Get our newsletter right to your inbox! City Info Weekly - September 28, 2017 Keep up to date on City of Longview news, events, and information by subscribing to our weekly newsletter at http://eepurl.com/cP7f75. #ASKLONGVIEW

Cowlitz Clean Waters Calendar Contest 2018 Student Calendar Contest Focusing on Solutions to Stormwater Pollution Cowlitz Clean Waters, a new local public education campaign targeting stormwater pollution, is sponsoring its first annual student calendar contest and it is open to middle school students (grades 6-8) within Cowlitz County, including public, private and homeschooled students. Middle school students are encouraged to create artwork or write a haiku or short poem depicting ways to prevent stormwater pollution and to keep our Cowlitz County waters clean, including the Cowlitz, Coweeman and Columbia Rivers, and Lake Sacajawea. Prizes for art and poetry selected to be in the calendar include Amazon gift cards with a grand prize value of $350.00. The calendar contest entry form and rules can be found online at https://cowlitzcleanwaters.org/contest. The deadline for submittal is Tuesday, November 7, 2017. If you have questions you may contact Van McKay at the City of Kelso at 360-577-3323. Cowlitz Clean Waters is a collaborative initiative of the City of Kelso, City of Longview, Cowlitz County, Consolidated Drainage Improvement District #1 (CDID#1), Kelso School District, Longview School District, Washington State University (WSU) Cowlitz County Extension and the Lower Columbia College. This partnership is committed to developing a public information and education campaign to help inform the Lower Columbia region about the impacts of stormwater runoff on our local waterways and to affect behavior changes and water quality improvements in our communities. #ASKLONGVIEW

Remittance processing services for city utility payments Since 2007, the City of Longview has contracted with Clark County and Clark Public Utilities (Joint Processing Center) for remittance processing services. They will no longer be providing this service, therefore the city is proposing to contract with a new vendor, Retail Lockbox, Inc. Retail Lockbox, Inc. a private company located in Seattle, WA has offered to process the City’s utility payments in the same efficient manner and at the same price as the previous vendor. Prior to remittance processing services, the City’s cashiers receipted and processed 8,000 utility remittances each month. More than seventy-five percent of these remittances arrived via the U.S. Postal Service. The staff time required to handle the volume of activity associated with utility remittances is substantial. Retail Lockbox, Inc. virtually eliminates all human intervention from the time the remittance arrives by mail to the point whereby remittances have been prepared for deposit at the bank. Clients for which Retail Lockbox, Inc. performs remittance processing services, include City of Tacoma, City of Boise, and the City of Lacey and many more. If approved, in addition to the ongoing efficiencies and improved customer service provided by remittance processing services, the City of Longview will continue to realize savings of approximately $58,000.00 per year. Life-to-date cost savings through the City’s contract for remittance processing services approximates $500,000.00. #ASKLONGVIEW

REMINDER! Road closure starts TONIGHT! 15th Avenue will closed 6:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. beginning TONIGHT (Wednesday) for paving. It will be closed each night Wednesday - Friday, 6:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. Please use alternate routes. #ASKLONGVIEW