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TrentonTimesNews.com FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 25, 2024
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Trenton Mayor Steven Rzeppa’s fifth State of the City address offered a fast-paced overview of a community burgeoning with progress on a number of fronts — most notably the recent announcement of the pending demolition of DTE Energy’s Trenton Channel plant and a potential investment of $400 million to revitalize a portion of the property there. But that was just one of a steady stream of future plans and recent accomplishments packed into a 37-minute talk that at times challenged the audience of about 70 people on hand Feb. 5 at the Westfield Activities Center to keep pace. The 22nd annual State of the City was once again presented jointly by the Trenton Rotary Club and the Trenton Business Association — a tradition going back to the event’s inception in 2003. All but one of the 22 State of the City programs has been held at Westfield. In 2021, with COVID-19 vaccinations as the main talking point in most conversations, the gathering was held at Trenton City Hall in a “hybrid” live-virtual format with only a limited number of people on hand in person. It was at that gathering that Rzeppa famously said his first full year as mayor was analogous to “drinking water out of a fire hose.” Between the ravages of the pandemic, the subsequent economic uncertainty and flaring bouts of civil unrest in Michigan and throughout the country, city operations were
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Mayor Steven Rzeppa helps Jeanell Felske (left) and Kim Mott display a special City of Trenton cake that was prepared as dessert for the 22nd annual Trenton State of the City, held Feb. 5 at the Westfield Activities Center. Felske is president of the Trenton Business Association and Mott is president of Trenton Rotary Club. The two organizations continue their long tradition as co-presenters of the event.
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