Bryan Higgins was named Covington’s Citizen of the Year and Julie Stein was named the city’s Honorary Citizen of the Year at the Covington City Council meeting on June 25.

Bryan Higgins, served on the city’s parks commission for 10 years and also served as chair of the commission for two years. Higgins served on the commission during the time when there was no Parks and Recreation director and worked to keep the city on track with aquatics, recreation, park maintenance and park development. He also worked with the city throughout the stages of the Covington Community Park design process, development and construction. Bryan was committed to making sure the park came to fruition.

Honorary Citizen of the Year, Julie Stein, has been involved in two of Covington’s biggest annual events for several years – the Covington Days Festival and Covington Hollydaze – as the Covington Days Parade coordinator and the Hollydaze bazaar coordinator. Stein’s efforts on these two events has helped bring fun, family-oriented events to the residents and surrounding communities.

The Citizen and Honorary Citizen of the Year will be honored at the July 9 Regular Council Meeting at 7 p.m. and at the Covington Days Festival on Saturday, July 20 at noon.

For more information, contact Community Relations Coordinator Karla Slate at kslate@CovingtonWA.gov or 253-480-2402.