City of Natchitoches Mayoral and City Council Virtual Forum

The Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce invites the public to view the moderated candidate forum livestream on Thursday, June 18th from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM for the upcoming City of Natchitoches Mayoral and City Council elections. The forum will be facilitated by the Chamber of Commerce and hosted by NSU’s Student Government Association. The livestream will be available to view at natchitocheschamber.com/livestream as well as on the Chamber’s Facebook page at facebook.com/natchitocheschamber.

Every candidate running for either Mayor of the City of Natchitoches or City Council received a letter inviting them to attend the forum. With their letter, they also received a questionnaire, and a request to submit their answers back to the Chamber by noon on March 12^th. Each candidate’s response is posted and available to view at natchitocheschamber.com/candidatesrespond. The responses have also been sent out to local media. See below for the questions that were sent to each candidate.

Each candidate for Mayor and City Council will be given three minutes for opening remarks. Citizens are encouraged to submit questions to the candidates via natchitocheschamber.com/ask prior to the start of the event. Questions will be presented by the moderator, and to keep the forum fair, each candidate will have an allotted amount of time to respond to the questions posed. There will be a timer with a signal card to keep each candidate on track. For City Council, questions will be required to be addressed to the district, and not an individual candidate.

The Chamber hosts political forums such as this with the intent of promoting civic engagement and civic literacy. The Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to making the Natchitoches area a thriving business community by promoting commerce, strengthening people, and improving lives.