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Mayor Elaine Scruggs’
2006 State of the City Business Address

February 9, 2006
Glendale Civic Center

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Introduction | Downtown | Jobing.com Arena | Westgate & Zanjero | Stadium | Annexation | Jobs |
City Council Goals)

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE GLENDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I FEEL TRULY PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT THIS YEAR’S STATE OF THE CITY BUSINESS ADDRESS.

BEFORE I REPORT ON OUR RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS --- AND OUR PLANS FOR CONTINUED BUSINESS GROWTH, --- I’D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. . . HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW FREQUENTLY YOU ARE HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT “EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GLENDALE”?

I CAN’T EVEN BEGIN TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY THAT TO ME ---- PEOPLE I KNOW, PEOPLE WHO JUST RECOGNIZE ME SOMEWHERE, PEOPLE I AM INTRODUCED TO ---- AND THE COMMENTS ARE DEFINITELY BEING SAID AS COMPLIMENTS --- AND THAT IS DEFINITELY HOW I ACCEPT THEM.

AN ARTICLE IN THE JANUARY 2006 ISSUE OF PHOENIX MAGAZINE PUT IT THIS WAY …..”NO LONGER JUST A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, GLENDALE HAS MASTERFULLY CATAPULTED ITSELF INTO THE NATIONAL SPORTS SPOTLIGHT WHILE PLAYING UP A DOWN-HOME IDENTITY.”

IT’S QUITE EXCITING TO HEAR, ISN’T IT?

AND REALLY, THERE IS NO DENYING IT . . . IN TERMS OF QUALITY, QUANTITY AND DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; GLENDALE IS LEADING THE WAY LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY.

AND THROUGH IT ALL WE ARE RETAINING OUR “DOWN HOME IDENTITY” BY PRESERVING OUR HISTORY, REVITALIZING OUR DOWNTOWN, AND ENGAGING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CIVIC LIFE.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT JUST SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN GLENDALE DURING 2005 THAT HAS HELPED SOLIDIFY OUR NEW REPUTATION AS THE PLACE WHERE “EVERYTHING” IS HAPPENING.

THEY SAY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS SO WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES FOR YOU TODAY ON THE BIG SCREEN. THE ADDED BONUS IS THE PHOTOS WILL SAVE YOU FROM HAVING TO LISTEN TO THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EXTRA WORDS.