Middletown state of the city address

Middletown Mayor Larry Mulligan will speak about the city’s accomplishments and challenges tonight during the annual State of the City address.

The speech will begin at 6 p.m. at the Middletown High School Community Room, 601 N. Breiel Blvd.

In addition, Chris Urso, president of the Middletown Board of Education, will also present a community report on the state of the Middletown City School District.

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Here are nine things that Mulligan’s address is expected to cover:

• New businesses in the city, including NTE Middletown Energy Center, Kettering Health Network Middletown, and new construction at the MADE industrial park

• Downtown activity such as the upcoming renovation of Goetz Tower

• Progress on the city's master plan and components that include downtown, the airport and transportation

• Quality of life improvements such as the opening of The River Center

• Housing issues

• Road and paving projects

• The settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency and the plan concerning the city's sanitary sewer system

• The city's work to address the opioid epidemic

• Workforce and education issues

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Ed Richter

Ed Richter has been a working journalist for 38 years, with the last 34 years working in various capacities covering Butler and Warren counties as a reporter and an editor. Richter covers local news and governments in Warren County focusing on Springboro, Lebanon, Franklin, Carlisle and Waynesville.