State of the City delayed until September

FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR JACK E. KIRKSEY – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

January 27, 2015

Mayor Jack Kirksey addresses the crowd at the 2014 State of the City.

Residents and community leaders used to hearing Mayor Jack Kirksey’s State of the City address in March are going to have to wait a few months this year.

In an effort to make the report as comprehensive as possible, the mayor worked in conjunction with the Livonia Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event, to delay the speech until Wednesday, Sept. 16.

“We anticipate a lot of exciting things happening in Livonia in 2015,” said Kirksey, in his 16th and final year as mayor of the state’s ninth-largest city. “Moving the State of the City to a later date will allow us to report on as much positive and up-to-date news as possible.”

Final details for the event, as usual scheduled for Laurel Manor on Schoolcraft Road in Livonia, are still in the planning stages.

The speech, in which the mayor reports on progress the city has made in the past year, is traditionally the Livonia Chamber of Commerce’s biggest draw. Last year’s State of the City luncheon drew 570 people.

“The State of the City luncheon is one of the chamber’s most-popular events,” said Livonia Chamber of Commerce President Dan West. “Regardless of the date, many of our members will want to be a part of the mayor’s final report to our business community.”