Mayor Fischer To Deliver State Of The City On January 4 At South Central Regional Library

Mayor Greg Fischer announced that he will deliver the 2018 State of the City address on Thursday, Jan. 4 at the new South Central Regional Library in Okolona.

The address is traditionally delivered to the Downtown Rotary Club at the start of the new year, in various locations.

The Rotary luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. The address is free and open to the public.  Those wishing to have lunch will be asked to pay $30. There also will be seating for those who wish to attend by not have lunch.

Attendees should register at http://www.IsMyRotaryClub.org/Register/index.cfm?EventID=77353553 no later than Jan. 1.

Last year, Mayor Fischer gave the State of the City at the Baxter Community Center one month after announcing that the Russell neighborhood would benefit from a $29.5 million HUD Choice Neighborhoods grant. In previous years, the State of the City has been give at the Southwest Regional Library, Churchill Downs and the African American Heritage Center.