Doors open to civic education with annual academy [Video]

TIMING ON ALL THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF GREER ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE CIVICS ACADEMY AND GET A UNIQUE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW THINGS WORK IN THE CITY. THIS IS OFFERED EVERY YEAR HERE ARE PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR’S CIVICS ACADEMY, THE WEEKLY FREE CLASSES BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER OVER ABOUT TEN WEEKS. PEOPLE WILL LEARN ABOUT EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF GREER, INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THEY WILL GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE TOOLS FIREFIGHTERS USE. PEOPLE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM LEADERS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEARN ABOUT CITY COURTS. ORGANIZERS SAY THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT REALLY HAS EMPOWERED THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY BE MORE INVOLVED IN THEIR …