Pro­grams & Services

City­wide Cleanups

One of May­or Ronald Mor­rel­l’s biggest ini­tia­tives was to con­duct City­wide Cleanups for all cit­i­zens par­tic­i­pat­ing on the same day clean­ing up the City, with a Cen­tral Loca­tion for drop-offs of unwant­ed items. In 2024, there were four City­wide Cleanups yield­ing over 900 truck­load drop-offs, fill­ing up 60 forty-yard dump­sters in all. These cleanups served all six dis­tricts with­in the city, and made a vis­i­ble impact through­out the com­mu­ni­ty.

Wel­come Bags

New and return­ing Mar­i­on res­i­dents are pre­sent­ed with a let­ter from the May­or upon util­i­ty hook-up invit­ing them to pick up a Wel­come Bag at City Hall at their con­ve­nience. This intro­duces (or re-intro­duces) them to the Mar­i­on com­mu­ni­ty through the City of Mar­i­on May­or’s Office vis­it and warm wel­come from city employ­ees, as well as the good­ies and resources filled in the bag from local depart­ments and part­ners.

City Web­site

The web­site’s design was imple­ment­ed through a part­ner­ship with Mar­i­on Design Co. (birthed out of Indi­ana Wes­leyan Uni­ver­si­ty’s Divi­sion of Art & Design) where stu­dents, pro­fes­sors, and vol­un­teers worked with the City of Mar­i­on to design and devel­op a clean and robust web­site to pro­vide an attrac­tive, reli­able, and resource­ful online hub of infor­ma­tion.

Exter­nal Media

“May­or Mor­rell Speaks” pod­cast is avail­able where you get your podcasts.

“Mar­i­on Mat­ters” on WSOT-TV (chan­nel 27.1 / local chan­nel 3) fea­tures May­or Ronald Mor­rell, Jr. giv­ing updates about city hap­pen­ings and future endeav­ors.

​“On the Air with the May­or” fea­tures Mar­i­on May­or Ronald Mor­rell, Jr. on ​“Good Morn­ing Grant Coun­ty” on AM 1400 / FM 105.5 WBAT at 7:10am once per month.

“Talk of Mar­i­on” is a month­ly seg­ment dur­ing the pop­u­lar morn­ing talk radio pro­gram, ​“Good Morn­ing Grant Coun­ty,” edu­cat­ing the com­mu­ni­ty by fea­tur­ing City lead­ers focus­ing on var­i­ous top­ics. The seg­ment airs on AM 1400 / FM 105.5 WBAT every 4^th Tues­day of the month from 8:10 – 8:25am.

​“How Mar­i­on Works” Pod­cast series with host Lay­la Price-Bod­kin inter­view­ing city depart­ment lead­ers and unsung heroes. Vis­it how​mar​i​on​works​.com or stream using your favorite pod­cast plat­form. Lis­ten to the trail­er: https://​how​mar​i​on​works​.com/tra…

Social Media

The City Devel­op­ment Depart­ment man­ages a vari­ety of social media pages through Face­book, Insta­gram, X, and YouTube. Links to our social media pages are pro­vid­ed at the bot­tom of this page.

Pub­lic Gear

Clean City 2.0 mer­chan­dise is at your fin­ger­tips! There are T‑Shirts for adults and youth, as well as hats, tum­blers, and water bot­tles. Treat your­self, or give as a gift to a friend, fam­i­ly mem­ber, or whole team!

City Flag

The Mar­i­on flag dis­plays the City of Mar­i­on ​“M” mark which was revealed as the graph­ic of the City of Marion’s brand/​identity devel­oped by stu­dents and vol­un­teers of Mar­i­on Design Co. from col­lab­o­ra­tion with citizens.

“The Mar­i­on ​‘M’ comes from the repeat­ing pat­terns with­in our many blocks and streets of busi­ness­es, homes, and great orga­ni­za­tions. The cen­ter of the ​‘M’ is pro­por­tion­al to the cen­ter square where the Grant Coun­ty Court House sits.” – Mar­i­on Design Co.

The blocks rep­re­sent the many stories…from painful to triumphant…from all walks of life, com­ing togeth­er. The ​“M” is tilt­ed on a 45-degree angle from the Mar­i­on grid as it sits today, allow­ing the ​“M” to move for­ward into the future.

The col­ors include a spec­trum of sooth­ing and calm­ing blues rep­re­sent­ing trust and respon­si­bil­i­ty; teal rep­re­sent­ing clar­i­ty, growth, and spir­it; com­fort­ably rest­ing on a white back­ground which sym­bol­izes puri­ty, peace, and refresh­ing new ideas.

Mar­i­on’s own Collins Flags is the head­quar­ters for the City of Mar­i­on flag. Call their local office at 800.950.4061 to order your very own Mar­i­on flag for your home or place of busi­ness. (flag eti­quette)

Want to pro­mote the city using our branding?

Con­tact our Direc­tor of Mar­ket­ing & Com­mu­ni­ty Rela­tions using the con­tact infor­ma­tion below.