Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered these remarks at 12:30 p.m. April 12 at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Phoenix. For additional news, click here to read reporter Taylor Seely’s coverage.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego: Thank you, everyone – great to see you. And thank you to the Greater Phoenix Chamber for your hard work to gather us all today – tribal leaders, business leaders, elected officials – Phoenicians. It’s an honor to be here before all of you to deliver this year’s State of the City.
A month ago, I stood in the atrium of City Hall on a beautiful Phoenix Friday morning. The sunlight was beaming in through the tall windows as community members gathered to celebrate and proclaim our inaugural “Phoenix History Month.” The idea came from our first-ever “Mayor’s Office Historian,” Steve Schumacher. We know the role history plays in connecting people to place, and Steve has been leading the way on thoughtful initiatives to lift voices from our past.