State of the City 2021

Welcome to my 6th State of the City address! It is still fascinating to me how fast those first four years flew by. As you will soon see we have come a long way in five years.

 

I am encouraged each day that a new standard of growth and opportunity for our city is in place. We have become a city with a vision, a city with big ideas with citizens and leaders who can take the next step forward and make them a reality. We can and certainly should celebrate what we together have accomplished these past five years.

 

We all must begin to accept that this kind of progress needs to become our “new normal”. If we want to rely upon what we have accomplished then that will simply mean that we haven’t done much today. We cannot and should not depend upon local government to solve every problem. We must develop a sense of community, one with heightened expectations of ourselves and those around us.

 

Individually we’ll accomplish very little, Working Together there is nothing that we cannot accomplish! We continue to be … A Great City, with Great Schools and Great people!

 

Steve Collier Mayor, City of Lawrence