Hi, I’m Mayor Mario Avery.

Mario Avery began his career as a Contract Compliance professional 24 years ago at the City of Atlanta. He was responsible for monitoring and overseeing the $400+ million construction project for the 5th runway at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Airport. Currently, Mario serves as a Contract Compliance Administrator for Fulton County Government where he manages a team overseeing the Non-Discrimination in Purchasing & Contracting Procurement Policies. Mr. Avery served on the City of Fairburn’s City Council for five years. He went on to serve as Mayor for two terms from 2010 to 2017. His tenure as Mayor included bringing major businesses to Fairburn (Google, Smuckers and Duracell) that resulted in numerous jobs.

Mario’s commitment to family and youth resulted in a $12 million dollar upgrade to Duncan Park that employed high school and college students as lifeguards. His dedication to financial responsibility resulted in the city acquiring a bond rating equivalent to a personal credit score of 800. Mario increased the annual fall festival attendance from 500 to 25,000 people during his two terms, while increasing the parade participants to over 5,000.

Mr. Avery is a proud former service member of the U.S. Army. His tenure includes tours in Korea and Saudi Arabia. Mario served as both an enlisted soldier and a Commissioned Officer during his military service. He is a war veteran that served in Desert Storm. Mario is a graduate of Morris Brown College and obtained his MBA from Grand Canyon University. He lives in Fairburn with his beautiful wife Diana and they are members of World Changers Church International.

My Agenda

  • Conduct a forensic audit to determine Fairburn’s current financial state.

  • Discover where the TSPLOSH tax money approved in 2016 for 91 miles of road was spent.

  • Restore and uplift city worker’s morale and confidence in Fairburn’s municipal leadership.

  • Restore Fairburn’s good name and relationship with the county, state, and federal governments.

  • Re-examine Fairburn’s zoning code to eliminate the approval of substandard housing projects and businesses.

  • Revisit Fairburn’s efforts to bring upscale economic development (i.e. restaurants, grocery store) to the HWY 74 corridor.

  • Prevent drivers who speed through neighborhoods from putting Fairburn citizens at risk.

  • Enhance Code Enforcement to better monitor trash, poor housing maintenance, and abandoned properties.