Two recent articles from Governing magazine feature some of the nation's youngest mayors:
... [Ithaca mayor] Myrick authorized city workers to construct Ithaca’s smallest public park where his parking space once stood. They laid down turf and erected a small bench. Some evenings, he will sit out there and conduct a sort of open forum, letting residents come up and share their thoughts or concerns. A few feet away stands a “Mayor’s Mailbox” that Myrick has installed, a comment box for citizens ...
Ithaca's mayor turned his parking spot into a micropark.
... It became clear to [Fitchburg mayor] Wong that leadership was the missing piece. Wong thought long and hard before deciding to run for mayor. She was only 26, and the mayor's job paid less for more work. After trying to get other people to run and finding no one she trusted interested in the job, she ran herself and won, taking office in 2007. ...
