Gastonia interns present summer projects covering public records, water education and economic analysis

Interns who worked across city departments this summer presented highlights of their projects to the council. Kaysha Allen described two key projects: developing a standard operating procedure for public records requests and producing educational brochures about residential water quality questions. "The 2 projects I thought were worth highlighting are the development of a standard operation procedure for public records request," Allen said.

Other interns described outreach and analytic work: Megan Carroll shared online marketing materials and a Downtown Gastonia story map; Owen Sloan presented a low-to-moderate-income map and a budget trend analysis; Nicole Tran summarized work on an AI policy draft for the city attorney's office and tenant-landlord rights flyers. Councilmembers congratulated the interns and thanked staff for mentoring them.