When NACo President C. Vernon Gray closes trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 25, he will ring in a new era for the nation’s counties.

Ringing of the stock exchange’s famous bell by NACo and U.S. Conference of Mayors leaders will culminate a full day of lobbying on Wall Street by Gray; President-Elect Jane Hague; Large Urban County Caucus Chairman Wayne Curry; King County (Wash.) Executive Ron Sims and USCM officers.