Mayor Keith James - Democratic Mayors

West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James gave his State of the City address, reviewing his past year’s successes and discussing his plans to create a community of opportunity for all.

Mayor James shared his top priorities for West Palm Beach, including public safety, housing, and creating more job opportunities. In the past year, Mayor James noted that the city saw a 16% decrease in crimes and created safer neighborhoods through the Neighborhood First Initiative. He also discussed how the city created 1300 new jobs through new business partnerships and added more than 500 affordable housing units.

“The city of West Palm Beach not only measured up to the challenges exposed by COVID-19 with unremitting courage but also created something transformative moving forward,” said Mayor James. “That despite some of our darkest hours where we lost loved ones and saw many others struggling to simply survive, this city made a statement about its future, about its character, about itself.”

Watch Mayor James’ address here.

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