The 2018 Mayor For A Day contest has ended and the winners have been decided. 

Back in 2009, the City implemented the first phase of its youth strategy which included the Mayor For A Day Challenge in hopes that it would engage the youth of Airdrie in local government. Every year students have the opportunity to submit ideas on projects they feel would improve the community. 

The contest's application process opened on January 15th and went for just over 30 days with a total of 16youth applying.

The applications were judged on originality, appeal and feasibility. 

The final four contestants had the opportunity to present their ideas to City Council for consideration and out of the four, two students were selected as the winners.

The middle school winner of the contest is Maddox Nelles who had the idea that we should improve the drainage system in Ravenswood and other areas of the city where mulch surround them.

According to Maddox, the main problem is that the much flows down to the pit and plugs the drainage system. Maddox suggests fixing the problem by conducting an assessment of all standing water drains around the playground. The other option is replacing the mulch with rocks which is less likely to flow down and clog the drain. 

The high school winner of the contest is Timoni Ifidon. Timoni's idea was to create an application for your phone that facilitates youth engagement. through the application, vetted businesses and organizations could post their program on the application. Then depending on if the user shows interest in the event or not they could sign up for the program through the application. A consolidated list of programs and activities are created through a collaborative approach before going on to the next stage where the city will evaluate the program to determine whether to run it or not based on the level of interest from youth. if the program/ event gets approved youth will be notified and youth will be able to join. 

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