Springfield Standard

Springfield Mayor Ken McClure reflected on his 50 years of public service and the past year in Springfield during his eighth and final State of the City Address this morning.

“It is hard for me to believe how quickly time has passed since first being elected mayor in 2017. In some respects, the whole world has changed in just seven short years. We have survived a pandemic. We have addressed seemingly intractable problems. We have cried together, laughed together, and defined a vision for our collective future. Throughout the past seven years, we fought crime, contained fires and built new roads and confronted a deadly disease and emerged stronger than before. We enhanced our community through economic development and quality of place. We found new ways to tackle old problems…and head off new ones from becoming problems. It has been an extraordinary journey," he said.

The annual address, which comprised the June Good Morning Springfield! program hosted by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, was livestreamed from Evangel University’s Robert H. Spence Chapel.

View a replay of the livestream on the City’s Facebook page here.

View the full text of the State of the City address here.