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FRONT PAGE About World Mayor City Mayors Foundation    WORLD MAYOR 2018 • Results 2018 • Project 2018 • Shortlist 2018 • Longlist 2018 • Raison d'être • World Mayor history • World Mayor Prize • Code of Ethics • Criteria • Meet the Press INTERVIEWS WITH • Mayor of Ancona • Mayor of Doncaster • Mayor of Rennes • Mayor of Zamboanga ESSAYS BY • Mayor of Ancona • Mayor of Cologne • Mayor of Doncaster • Mayor of Fort Worth • Mayor of Lille • Mayor of Paris • Mayor of Rennes • Mayor of Saarbrücken • Mayor of Trbovlje • Mayor of Tunis • Mayor of Zamboanga TESTIMONIALS • Mayor of Alphen / Rijn • Mayor of Ancona • Mayor of Baden-Baden • Mayor of Calais • Mayor of Chemnitz • Mayor of Cologne • Mayor of Cozumel • Mayor of Doncaster • Mayor of Fort Worth • Mayor of Grand Rapids • Mayor of Lille • Mayor of Lodz • Mayor of Molenbeek • Mayor of Narayanganj • Mayor of Oakland • Mayor of Omaha • Mayor of Paris • Mayor of Rennes • Mayor of Reutlingen • Mayor of Saarbrücken • Mayor of San Juan • Mayor of Trbovlje • Mayor of Tunis • Mayor of Zamboanga • Mayor of Zurich PROFILES OF • Mayor of Ancona • Mayor of Cologne • Mayor of Doncaster • Mayor of Fort Worth • Mayor of Lille • Mayor of Paris • Mayor of Rennes • Mayor of Saarbrücken • Mayor of Trbovlje • Mayor of Tunis • Mayor of Zamboanga WORLD MAYOR 2016 WORLD MAYOR 2014 WORLD MAYOR 2012 WORLD MAYOR 2010 WORLD MAYOR 2008 WORLD MAYOR 2006 WORLD MAYOR 2005 WORLD MAYOR 2004 |
 Betsy PriceMayor of Fort Worth, Texas, USA World Mayor 2018: Mayor of Distinction 12 February 2019: Betsy Price has led Fort Worth (population 874,000) since June 2011. She has been re-elected three times and has maintained the trust and support of the people of her city with a style based on approachability, extensive and innovative consultation and communication. She meets with citizens while walking or cycling, in coffee shops and other public places. Right from the start of her reign, Betsy Price has made improved health and well-being a top priority for Fort Worth. The population of Fort Worth has increased by more than 10 per cent since 2011. This growth has contributed to the city’s economic dynamism but has also increased budgetary and service delivery demands. Although her record is impressive across several policy sectors, it is in health and wellbeing that Mayor Price has excelled. Her administration has become a role model for other US cities. The Mayor’s ambitious aim for a physically and mentally healthy population has been pursued using a mix of public and private sector funds and has focussed on all age groups and neighbourhoods. Since her citywide initiative FitWorth began, the proportion of children classed as obese has fallen by some six per cent. Mayor Price, a Republican, is a former business owner and as such has been able to draw in employers to the raft of initiatives and activities by making a clear connexion between population health and economic success. She invited the Blue Zone healthy living campaign to work with her administration in 2013. After five years of improvement Fort Worth reached the level required for certification in 2018. It is the largest city in the USA to have done so. Improving opportunities for physical exercise has been an important element and Mayor Price, a keen cyclist herself, has financed expansion across the city of pedestrian and cycle infrastructure. Price has worked with partners to improve sustainable mobility generally and in January 2019 a new hourly rail service opened between Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Popular support for her World Mayor nomination has been high with many highlighting her consultative approach. She has introduced a range of innovative methods for residents to meet and communicate with her and her administration including an on-line public forum to host the spread of ideas on city improvement. In 2019 an on-line instant response to service and other questions facility is being implemented. She has used her limited powers over education to seek to enhance opportunities for children from poorer families. She drew in business resource to assist the school districts to support pupils who were at risk of being left behind to be able to read effectively at the appropriate age. Betsy Price ran an accountancy business before becoming Tarrant County Tax Assessor in 2000. She has a degree in biology from the University of Texas. Mayor Price’s World Mayor essay: In her essay, Betsy Price, Mayor of Fort Worth, writes that one of her most impressive accomplishments thus far has been to enhance the health and wellbeing of Fort Worth. Her programme FitWorth, while applying to the whole city, focuses on decreasing child obesity. Since its inception, child obesity has dropped by six per cent in the city. As one of the few female mayors in the top 100 United States cities, Mayor Price also encourages women to step into leadership roles, whether that be in politics, business or other community organisations. MORE Typical tribute: Members of my family have been long-time residents of Fort Worth's Eastside. In the 80+ years of them building homes and families here, I have never heard them speak more highly of an individual than they have of The Honorable Betsy Price. She has overseen some of the most rapid and prosperous growth our historic city has ever experienced. While maintaining ties with our deep roots as a agriculture and livestock commerce center, she has formed mutually beneficial relationships with neighboring city leaders to ensure Fort Worth and Tarrant County are always at the forefront of the national discussion of business growth and opportunity. Her unwavering support for police, fire, and military is strikingly evident. She exudes praise for all first-responders, as well as the police and fire chiefs of the city. Recently, she spent most of a weekday at a local hospital with two police officers' families: one had been shot in the line of duty and eventually passed from his injuries, and the other was in a traffic accident later that same morning. She maintains strong working ties with local defence contractors supporting our nation's military, and welcomed State Defence forces home when we returned from Hurricane Harvey operations. She is an avid cyclist and has taken enormous strides in bettering the commuter bicycle experience within the city, and Trinity River park system in her tenure as mayor. I can't recall a mayor of any city I have lived in taking a more avid interest in the betterment of its citizens, communities, and employees than Mayor Price. The Panther City is lucky and proud to have Mrs. Price leading us, and she seems like the clear choice for World Mayor 2018. MORE Further reading ESSAY ||| TRIBUTES |