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A
This
is
the
2022
mayor
state
of
the
city
presented
by
paige
granum,
the
mayor
and
the
staff
of
the
city
and
the
city
council.
Members
have
been
fantastic
partners
for
the
greater
columbus
chamber
of
commerce
in
the
work
we
do,
especially
through
covet
and
as
we
emerge
from
it,
we're
trying
to
work
really
hard
to
engage
small
businesses
and
and
other
businesses
as
well.
But
again,
the
city
has
been
a
fantastic
partner
in
doing
that,
so
it
is
our
absolute
pleasure
and
honor
to
be
able
to
put
this
event
on
today.
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
you
do
to
keep
our
community
moving
forward
again.
Thank
you
for
your
service
and
commitment,
I'd
like
to
introduce
somebody,
that's
going
to
make
a
special
introduction
in
just
a
moment,
but
it
is
my
pleasure
to
introduce
carter,
p
chandlemayer,
mayor
meyer.
I
get
it
wrong
every
time
I
think
it's
mayor,
shondel
mayer.
A
She
said
it
doesn't
matter.
Carter
is
a
native
of
columbus
and
a
litigation
partner
at
paige
grantham,
focusing
on
employment
law.
She
has
defended
some
of
the
area's
largest
private
and
governmental
employers
in
a
variety
of
matters,
including
discrimination,
sexual
harassment,
wage
and
our
claims
she
has
presented
or
represented
the
columbus
consolidated
government
for
a
number
of
years
and
has
recently
served
as
a
member
of
its
charter
review.
Commission,
please
welcome
to
the
stage
carter,
shondu
mayor
meyer,.
B
All
right,
good
morning,
all
right
on
behalf
of
paige
skranham.
I
want
to
thank
the
chamber
and
gerald
for
that
introduction.
That
was
way
nice
for
allowing
us
to
continue
as
the
presenting
sponsor
on
behalf
of
the
firm.
We
really
have
appreciated
the
long
history
of
our
representation
of
the
city,
as
well
as
with
many
of
the
private
partners
that
help
move
columbus
forward.
B
B
B
We
are
fortunate
to
have
a
mayor
with
extensive
knowledge
of
our
area
and
expense
experience
in
our
local
government
prior
to
being
elected
as
mayor
skip
served
as
the
post-ten
city
council
men
for
over
two
decades,
including
nine
years
as
the
chair
of
the
city's
budget
committee.
He
has
continued
to
serve
our
community
in
many
local
organizations,
including
the
march
of
dimes,
the
kiwanis
club
and
the
better
business
bureau,
just
to
mention
a
few
skip
and
his
wife
karen
also
serve
on
the
leadership
council
for
the
american
cancer
society.
B
Skip
henderson's
commitment
to
improving
the
city
of
columbus
is
unwavering
he's,
led
us
through
the
difficulties
of
a
pandemic
and
provided
necessary
support
for
significant
community
developments
such
as
the
recent
establishment
of
the
mercer
medical
school.
His
goal
is
to
continue
to
move
columbus
forward
using
his
perseverance,
his
passion
and
his
determination
to
serve
our
community
and
to
devote
the
full-time
attention
that
the
role
of
mayor
deserves.
C
Thank
you,
carter
and,
and
thank
paige
kranum
too,
for
for
your
willingness
to
sponsor
this
event,
and
thank
you
in
addition
to
all
the
things
you
do
throughout
the
community.
I
kid
carter.
When
I
see
around
the
office,
I
said
man,
it's
nice,
to
see
you
but
you'll.
Forgive
me.
If
I
tell
you
I
don't
mind
if
I
don't
see
you
for
a
little
while
longer,
but
she
does
a
tremendous
job
with
her
efforts
with
working
within
the
city.
C
C
My
friend
up
here
to
grill
me
rodney,
close
rodney
is,
I
can't
think
of
anybody
better
to
try
to
manage
that
heavy
lift
then
carry
me
through
this,
but
and-
and
I
think,
he's
a
professional
chair
because
he's
a
chair
of
the
waterworks
and
he's
also
chair
of
the
chamber
and
we're
excited
to
be
able
to
sit
down
with
him
for
a
little
while
good
news
and
bad
news
on
the
same
card.
That's
the
good
news!
That's
all
my
notes!
C
So
you
know
bad
news
is
that
if
I
lapse
into
campaign
mode,
this
is
three
hours,
so
hopefully
we
won't.
Hopefully
we
won't
do
that.
I
want
to
use
a
little
bit
of
this
time
to
kind
of
recognize
some
people,
or
at
least
some
groups
of
people,
because
I
think
if
I
try
to
remember
everybody's
name,
I
know
I'm
going
to
screw
it
up,
but
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
some
people
that
are
important
to
me
and
that
are
important
to
this.
C
This
community
it'll
start
off
with
the
top
in
my
mind,
and
that
is
my
family.
I'm
delighted
that
they
are
here
my
sister
susan
carter
and
the
folks
at
paige.
Graham,
are
awesome.
Lawyers
she's
a
pretty
good
one
herself,
so
it's
nice
to
have
susan
here,
and
I
also
want
to
say
how
nice
it
is
to
have
our
children
here.
Carter
alluded
to
that
and
it's
kind
of
tough
to
get
them
both
together.
In
the
same
place.
C
Our
daughter
kyle
made
the
trip
down
late
last
night.
She
lives
in
atlanta
lives
and
works
in
atlanta
and
our
son
joey.
It's
tough
to
get
him
anywhere
because
he's
he's
a
first
responder
he's
actually
one
of
my
walking
heroes
because
of
what
he
provides
to
the
citizens
of
columbus
every
day,
and
his
schedule
usually
keeps
him
from
being
here
so
good
to
see
him
and,
of
course
the
ringmaster
of
the
henderson
circus
is
karen.
She
is.
C
She
is
absolutely
my
best
friend
and
my
confidant
and
I
seek
her
counsel
in
almost
everything
we
do.
It
truly
is
a
a
team
effort
and
I
just
want
to
want
to
thank
them
all
for
for
being
here.
C
I
also
want
to
thank
my
work,
family,
my
staff,
becca
and
alexis,
and
my
new
chief
of
staff
josh
beard.
I
want
to
welcome
them
here
once
you
guys.
Most
of
you
know,
josh
he's
been
in
the
military,
he's
retired
military
and
he
worked
with
the
chamber
for
a
while,
and
we're
really
excited
to
have
him
on
board,
because
it
kind
of
fits
so
well
into
some
of
the
focus
that
we
have
going
forward
in
our
office.
C
I
just
want
to
say
very
briefly,
particularly
over
the
last
three
years,
while
we
were
dealing
with
this
pandemic,
I
can't
overstate
how
important
it
was
for
our
elected
officials
to
be
boots
on
the
ground
and
trying
to
find
out
what
we
needed
as
a
community
talking
with
our
staff
talking
with
with
elected
with
the
local
elected
officials.
So
our
new
senators
hit
the
ground
running
and
they
did.
C
C
Our
congressman
did
an
awesome,
job,
sanford
bishop
and
drew
ferguson
both
did
actually,
they
came
together
to
help
us
with
a
major
life
safety
issue
that
we
were
dealing
with
ralston
towers
and
that
that
that
outcome
absolutely
doesn't
happen
if
it
wasn't
for
the
input
of
both
of
those
both
those
gentlemen,
I
also
want
to
make
sure
we
mention
our
local
delegation.
C
C
Our
delegation
typically
is
known
around
atlanta
for
speaking
with
one
voice,
even
if
they
don't
agree
100
with
everything
that
the
delegation
votes
to
to
carry
forward,
they
they
they
fight
to
fight
right
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
those
that
do
believe
in
those
things.
So
we
want
to
thank
them
for
for
their
efforts
and
here
on
the
on
the
ground
boots
on
the
ground.
Speaking
of
that
is
our
council
over
the
last
three
years.
Through
this
pandemic,
our
city
council
has
I'm
telling
you
they
have.
C
C
They
have
never
turned
us
down
for
anything
we
ask
them
for
when
it
comes
to
public
safety,
so
I
just
want
to.
I
want
to
give
them
credit,
in
fact,
if
council,
the
counselors
that
are
here,
if
you
would
stand
because
local
government
is
so
important,
it's
it's
the
very
essence
of
what
we
do
as
a
country
give
them
a
hand.
Please.
C
And
then
I
also
want
to
mention
our
staff,
the
city
staff,
the
employees
of
the
columbus
consolidated
government,
as
I'm
sure
we'll
talk
about
as
we
as
we
move
on.
You
may
have
noticed
a
little
bit
of
a
labor
challenge.
Well,
it's
certainly
we.
We
certainly
aren't
immune
from
that
and
it's
hit
the
government.
It's
hit
us
hard,
but
the
individuals
that
work
for
the
consolidated
government
led
by
our
city
manager,
isaiah
hugley.
C
C
C
My
dad
is
still
the
the
coolest
retired
army
aviator.
I've
ever
met
at
almost
90
years
old,
and
that
does
help
karen
is
the
the
daughter
of
an
army
veteran
and,
and
it
does
help
us
understand
and
have
a
special
appreciation
for
what
soldiers
and
veterans
mean
to
our
community
and
to
our
country.
C
I
to
say
this,
though
I've
I've
had
the
rare
privilege
of
watching
two
commanding
generals
lead
during
a
pandemic
and
to
watch
the
way
they
handled
fulfilling
the
mission
of
one
of
the
largest
training
facilities
in
the
in
the
united
states
army,
where
they
were
shipping
in
about
300
new
new
recruits
every
couple
of
months
from
all
corners
of
the
country
and
having
a
petri
dish
of
covid
that
they
had
to
deal
with
and
still
delivering
on
that
mission.
C
C
C
C
C
We
also
want
to
thank
the
mayor's
commission
on
persons
with
disability,
because
during
this
pandemic,
we
in
even
during
the
labor
shortage
we
still
struggle
with
some
providing
services
to
the
same
level.
We
did
like
like
metra
well
that
severely
impacts
people
who
have
mobility
issues,
because
if
it's
not
for
the
public
transportation
system,
they
can't
get
to
work.
They
can't
get
to
the
grocery
store,
so
it
impacts
their
lives
and
by
them
taking
an
active
role
in
advocating
and
trying
to
communicate
with
their
needs.
Were
they
they've
done
an
incredible
job
as
well?
C
So
we
we
have
so
many
things
to
be
be
thankful
for
in
this
community,
and
I'm
I'm
really
excited
about
about
rodney
coming
up
here
and
grilling
me
a
little
bit,
but
I
really
am
looking
forward
to
it.
Lastly,
let
me
say
this
I
want
to
thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
business
community,
the
faith
leaders,
the
people
that
are
retired
and
are
just
leading
a
family,
because
anybody
who's
in
a
leadership
position
which,
frankly,
in
my
mind,
means
anybody
walking
the
streets
of
columbus
georgia
during
the
last
three
years
did
an
incredible
job.
C
The
way
they
pulled
together
to
try
to
help
one
another
is
absolutely
amazing.
It's
it's.
What
got
us
through
this
as
well
as
we
did
from
a
financial
aspect,
and
we've
got
some
really
really
good
news.
I
think
for
2021
and
we'll
get
to
that.
So
the
last
thing
I'll
say
before
I
invite
rodney
to
the
stage
is
we'll
go
ahead
and
let
go
of
the
bag
state
of
columbus.
Georgia
is
very
good,
very
good.
We
have
challenges.
We've
got
some
things
that
we're
still
wrestling
with.
C
Some
is
a
direct
result
of
the
pandemic.
Some
are
just
things
that
were
on
that
path
for
the
past
10
years
and
just
during
the
pandemic
tended
to
manifest
themselves,
but
our
economy
is
good.
Our
business
sector
is
good.
We're
seeing
new
capital
investment
every
day
and
we're
seeing
the
thing
that's
really
exciting.
C
The
spirit
of
entrepreneurialism
in
columbus,
georgia
is
is
just
off
the
charts,
we're
seeing
more
and
more
small
business
open
and
the
really
exciting
piece
is
we're
seeing
fewer
go
out
of
business
and
that's
directly
due
to
the
impact
that
the
chamber
has
had
the
last
thing.
One
last
last
thing
before
I
call
rodney,
I
meant
to
thank
the
chamber
not
just
for
hosting
this,
and
and
not
just
for
putting
this
together,
so
we
could
get
together.
But
a
lot
of
folks
forget.
C
We
tend
to
forget
that
the
chamber
was
without
a
president
for
about
a
year
and
it
was
well
worth
the
wait,
because
getting
gerald
in
here,
I
think,
has
been
one
of
the
greatest
things
that
we've
seen
happen
in
this
community
in
a
long
time,
but
the
way
the
chamber
focused
on
small
business.
They
continue
to
focus
on
landing
those
big
businesses.
C
It
helped
keep
these
people
in
business.
It's
still
helping
keep
these
people
in
business,
and
that's
our
objective
is
to
try
to
make
sure
that
those
folks
are
able
to
to
to
to
build
their
future
in
in
the
manner
in
which
they
want
to
want
to
do
so.
So
listen.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
take
a
few
minutes
just
to
kind
of
thank
some
folks,
and
now
I'm
going
to
invite
rodney
up
so.
D
So
as
we
engage
in
this
dialogue
over
the
next
20
minutes
or
so
I'll
lead
you
through
a
series
of
questions
provided
by
the
business
community,
that
will
cover
a
broad
range
of
topics
and
impact
our
city.
So
first
I
would
like
to
start
off
with
you
considering
to
be
the
major.
What
are
the
major
accomplishments
for
the
city
over
the
past
year
or
so.
In
your
perspective,.
C
Wow,
you
know,
actually
I
think,
given
the
circumstances
that
we
were
dealing
with,
I
mean
2021,
it's
hard,
it's
hard
to
believe
it
because
it
seems
100
years
ago,
but
but
we.
C
C
We
were
setting
them
up
in
in
in
parking
lots
at
walmart
and
and
in
struggling
to
try
to
make
sure
we
were
getting
enough
access
to
people,
but
the
fact
that
we
were
doing
that
and
we
still
were
able
to
continue
the
momentum
that
we
had
with
capital
investment
that
we
had
with
I
mean
during
a
pandemic,
we
had
construction
going
on
still
building
hotels,
building
a
medical
school
riverfront
place
right
there.
That
hundred-
and
I
think
it's
about
184
million
dollar
investment
and
then
going
up
north
a
little
bit.
C
We
we
had
revisioning
what
public
housing
looked
like
chase
homes
was
under
construction.
The
second
avenue
corridor
is,
as
you
go
up.
We
had
some
champions
there
that
were
revitalizing
that
area
and
we
were
also
seeing
new
areas
being
developed.
We
were
seeing
an
88
acre
development
in
midland
midland
crossing
and
in
in
south
columbus.
We
had
some
major
capital
investments
in
infrastructure.
C
In
addition,
I
mentioned
a
little
bit
ago,
the
small
business
environment.
C
But
the
really
neat
thing
was
during
this
covet
year
we
had
20
percent
less
businesses
going
out
of
business,
so
in
my
mind,
everybody
pulling
together
and
and
able
to
handle
the
medical
challenge,
while
still
keeping
the
momentum
of
of
our
business
community
and
reaching
out
to
individuals
that
that
were
in
a
a
socio-economic
level
that
that
needed
assistance
in
providing
that
I
mean
those
are
the
things
that
I'm
I'm
really
most.
C
D
D
D
C
Evidence
from
some
of
our
community
leaders
that
they've
had
an
opportunity
to
hire
somebody
and
they
google,
and
they
get
on
a
site
that
that
says,
inflammatory
things
and,
and
they
end
up
losing
that
particular
prospect
and
the
government's
responsibilities
try
to
do
what
we
can
to.
In
my
opinion,
to
do
what
we
can
to
enhance
the
quality
of
life,
and
certainly
the
safety
of
the
residents
is,
is
paramount
to
that
quality
of
life,
and
we
do
have
a
lot
of
initiatives
underway.
We've,
our
police
chief
and
our
sheriff
working
hand
in
hand.
C
We
collaborate
with
partners
from
the
state.
I
have
been
on
the
phone
with
the
governor
talking
about
his
gang
task
force.
I've
I've
met
with
the
attorney
general
and
talked
about
a
circuit-wide
effort
to
try
to
share
information
and
make
sure
that
everybody's
on
the
same
page
with
regards
to
prosecuting
any
kind
of
gang
activity,
so
we're
leveraging
those
as
well.
The
encouraging
thing
is,
though,
just
in
the
last
18
months,
I
have
seen
more
young
people
coming
back
to
columbus.
C
C
I've
talked
with
probably
a
dozen
young
people
under
the
age
of,
of
course,
at
my
age,
that's
under
the
age
of
50.,
but
under
the
age
of
about
35
and
some
are
some
are
being
lured
here
by
mercer
medical
yeah,
but
others
are
just
moving
to
columbus
georgia
because
of
what
they
have
heard
about
it.
So
so
we
have
to
continue
to
focus
and-
and
you
hit
the
nail
on
the
head,
it
is
our
number
one
issue:
it's
it's
the
thing
that
that
first
thing
I
think
of
a
lot.
C
When
I
wake
up
last
thing
before
I
go
to
bed
and
we're
we're
working
on,
we
are
seeing
some
incremental
successes,
but
we
know
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
you.
D
Know
I
will
say
this
here
in
many
major
cities:
atlanta,
major
big,
big
organization,
communities-
you
don't
really
find
the
police
department
and
the
sheriff
department
really
working
together.
That's
something
that
was
a
big
plus
for
us
here
because
of
you
know
the
sheriff
and
the
police
chief.
So
that's
a
big
bonus
for
us.
Let
me
lead
right
into.
Is
there
a
comprehensive
plan
to
lower
the
violent
crime
that
we
see
in
our
community?
There.
C
Is
actually
we
have
to
approach
it
from
a
couple
of
different
directions?
One
is:
is
the
enforcement
for
enforcement's
key
right
now?
We've
got
we've
got
gangs
out
there.
We've
got
a
lot
of
gangs
in
this
city.
That's
the
bad
news.
The
the
sort
of
good
news
is
that
most
of
them
are
fairly
loosely
organized.
There
are
some
of
the
major
ones
that
you
hear
about
that
are
still
in
our
streets
and
everybody
in
here.
C
So
enforcement
is
key
and
we
have
been
since,
since
I've
been
in
office,
we've
we've
put
more
money
towards
police,
it's
not
where
we
need
to
be,
but
but
we
are
on
the
right
path.
We
have
council
has
done
an
amazing
job
of
supporting
everything.
We've
asked
for
for
public
safety
council
approved
an
eight
and
a
half
million
dollar
spend
on
extremely
high
resolution
and
high-tech
cameras.
C
C
That
is
not
a
100
percent
foolproof
deterrent
to
crime,
but
it
does
deter
some
and
we've
also
seen
in
other
communities
that
we've
talked
with
how
having
a
dedicated
prosecutor
for
gangs
tends
to
strike
a
little
bit
of
a
chord
within
these
young
men.
They
quit
flashing
the
gang
signs
and
they
some
of
them,
will
even
back
away
from
some
of
those
things.
C
C
C
We
we
have
an
outstanding
board
that
that
vets,
each
one
of
those
requests
that
comes
in,
we
also
are
entering
an
agreement
with
or
have
internet
agreement
with
cure
violence
now
cure
violence.
I
want
to
be
clear:
cure
violence
is
not
the
answer.
I
mean
a
lot
of
folks
started.
Saying
cure.
Violence
is
the
answer.
I
know
cedric
and
reggie
are
here
cure.
Violence
is
absolutely
a
part
of
the
answer
and
that.
C
They
are
going
to
be
able
to
do,
but,
but
that's
the
that's
our
strategy
right
now
is
to
hit
from
both
those
sides.
The.
D
C
You
know,
I
think
it
comes
down
to
collaboration
we
we
do
bring
in
for
a
good
example,
periodically
we
don't
say
when
we'll
bring
in
the
georgia
state
patrol,
and
that
gives
us
anywhere
from
20
to
40
more
officers
on
the
street.
C
They
bring
a
helicopter
in
and
allow
some
of
our
people
to
put
together
together
special
ops
and
go
into
some
of
these
hot
spots.
The
sheriff's
department
has
a
gang
task
force.
The
police
department
has
a
gang
intelligence
unit
and
the
gang
intelligence
unit
is
charged
just
like
they
do
in
the
military.
They
gather
intelligence
on
these
individuals,
so
they
know
who
most
of
these
young
men
are
and
young
women
by
the
way.
C
So
once
they
identify
them,
they
can
turn
that
over
to
the
crime,
suppression
team
and
they
have
real
time
reaction
to
anything.
That's
going
on,
so
we're
making
headway.
The
sheriff
I
know,
has
arrested
on
warrants
a
handful
of
these
gang
members.
Police
department
have
also
done
the
same,
but
it's
it's
it's
getting
more
dangerous
for
our
law
enforcement.
C
I
mean
everybody's
aware
of
the
sheriff's
deputy
that
was
fired
upon
and
was
wounded,
and
the
collaboration
between
the
two
departments
was
was
really
highlighted
that
day,
because
it
was
a
police
department
that
identified
and
arrested
the
two
people
that
were
involved
in
that
and
they're
putting
together
a
case.
That's
going
to
keep
them
away
from
folks
for
a
long
time.
D
C
You'll
see
that
you'll
see
that
more
often
we
we
again
it's
randomly
done.
We
don't
share
when
it's
going
to
happen,
but
typically
a
lot
of
folks
have
have
said
whether
the
gsp
writes
a
lot
of
traffic
tickets.
Well,
they
do,
but
we
frequently
get
an
opportunity
to
identify
drugs
or
guns
in
the
car
through
a
a
traffic.
C
C
Yeah,
you
know
again,
as
you
mentioned
earlier,
it's
a
nationwide
deal
and
I
don't
want
to
sound
callous,
but
I
don't
care
we're
focused
on
columbus
children,
absolutely
and
and
and
so
we
have
put
strategies
in
place
to
try
to
mitigate
some
of
those
hiring
challenges
but
nationally
the
international
association,
the
chiefs
of
police
did
a
survey
and
they
identified
some
of
the
things
that
are
creating
challenges
to
retaining
and
recruiting,
and
we
face
some
of
those
same
challenges.
C
C
Give
you
their
their
their
license,
but
here
locally
we
actually
had
an
additional
challenge
that
really
created
a
problem
for
for
retention
and
recruiting,
and
we
had
a
da
that
came
in
and
eliminated.
Almost
every
experienced
associate
assistant
d.a
that
was
was
employed
and
then
made
very
public
statements
about
going
after
police
officers.
C
So
we
have
had
we've
had
a
retention
challenge.
Now
we
have
created,
the
chief
has
created
a
retention
committee
that
is
designed
to
get
honest
feedback.
Some
of
it
is
the
kind
of
feedback
you
wish
you
didn't
have
to
listen
to,
but
it's
necessary
for
identifying
ways
to
improve
the
department
so
that
we
increase
the
retention.
We've
also
beefed
up
a
cadet
program
and
we've
seen
this
work
with
our
fire
and
emergency
medical
services.
C
C
If
they
see
anything
they
can,
they
can
call
it
in
so
between
that
and
trying
to
also
make
the
financial
package
a
little
closer
to
where
it
needs
to
be.
We
we've
been
working
on
on
both
the
recruiting
piece
and
the
retention
and
I'll
be
clear.
We
get
calls.
Sometimes
people
say
I
saw
a
billboard
when
that
police
are
coming.
C
Well,
yeah
and
that's
the
point
we're
we're
doing
nationwide
recruiting.
I
will
also
add:
we've
been
meeting
since
august
of
last
year
with
some
community
leaders
who
have
expressed
an
interest
in
trying
to
help
columbus
in
whatever
way
they
can
to
them
to
include
providing
resources.
C
C
You
know
money's,
not
the
only
issue,
but
absolutely
it
is.
I
mean
you
know
our
officers
right
now
when
we
hire
a
police
officer
that
has
a
high
school
education
and
and
when
we
bring
them
in,
they
start
off
at
about
40
right,
just
under
45
000,
which
is
much
better
than
it
was
even
just
five
years
ago,
but
I
mean
for
what
they
do.
It's
it's,
it's
just
not
enough.
So
we
we
have
a
pay
plan,
pace,
study
that
we
implemented
and
we
appreciate
the
chambers
help
with
that.
C
The
chamber
helped
guide
us
through
that
and
the
idea
is
to
try
to
get
to
to
get
somebody
to
help
us
be
more
competitive
in
the
workforce.
In
addition,
it's
also
to
take
care
of
some
compression
that
we've
really
uncovered
in
the
law
enforcement
areas
so
that
people
the
morale,
is
a
little
better.
We
have
had
sergeants
supervising
corporals
who
are
making
more
than
sergeants
but
but
yeah.
C
C
D
So
how
can
we,
how
can
the
community
get
engaged?
I
mean
we
have?
Probably
I
don't
know,
maybe
300,
plus
folks
in
this
room.
You
know
if
there's
something
that
you
could
you
know
your
wisdom
or
not
wisdom,
your
wisdom.
Yes,
your
wisdom
and
things
that
you
and
you
know
the
city
manager
sees
the
police
chief
sees
and
just
really,
how
can
we
all
you
know,
share
this
load
at
some
point
in
our
own
communities.
Yeah.
C
C
But
the
two
things
I
would
say
right
off
the
bat
that
they
could
do.
One
is
for
people
that
witness
something
like
this
and
if
you,
if
you
think
something
might
be
a
little
askew
something's
a
little
bit
wrong,
don't
be
shy
about
calling
the
police
let
them
know.
We've
had
a
one
of
them.
We've
had
an
uptick
in
motor
vehicle
thefts.
C
C
You
know,
go
through
the
united
way
or
check
with
cure
violence,
because
one
of
the
things
that
cure
violence,
I
think
is
really
neat
about
doing-
is
being
a
connector
for
a
lot
of
different
opportunities.
They
can
tell
you
what
what
is
out
there
if
you're
a
person
of
faith,
ask
your
church.
I
guarantee
your
church
has
some
program
in
mind
that
will
have
some
kind
of
impact
on
on
on
on
crime,
because
if
you
impact
cri
poverty,
if
you
impact
homelessness,
if
you
impact
any
of
these
things,
you're
impacting
crime,
so.
D
C
I
almost
won't
tell
cedric
and
reggie
to
get
up
here
and
let
them
do
it,
but
but
what
I'll
give
you
is
a
very
high
level
update?
We
have
signed
an
mou
with
cure
violence
to
help
with
the
funding
for
the
first
three
years.
The
idea
was
that
the
city
believed
that
this
was
important
enough
to
invest
in
until
it
could
get
self-sufficient
until
they
could
be
generating
grant
revenue
and
some
other
philanthropic
participation.
C
They
are
housed
in
the
department
of
public
health,
which,
I
think
is
a
is
a
great
synergistic
move,
because
public
health
focuses
on
exactly
what
cure
violence
is
focusing
on.
That
is
stopping
an
epidemic
by
treating
some
of
the
symptoms,
while
focusing
on
some
of
the
some
of
the
root
root
cause,
they
are
in
the
process
of
hiring,
they
are
they're
working
to
put
in
place
their
their
community
advocates.
They're.
C
Calling
them
instead
of
interrupters,
I
think,
is
what
they
call
them
in
another
location,
but
the
idea
for
those
individuals
that
they're
hiring
is
to
enter.
Typically,
these
are
individuals
that
have
been
in
prison
that
have
had
some
kind
of
affiliation
with
the
gang
and
can
have
some
credibility
and
also
know
what
they're
talking
about
when
they
talk
to
current
gang
members.
So
one
of
the
things
they're
after
doing
is
cutting
down
on
retaliatory
crime.
C
B
C
I
think
they're
even
putting
an
office
in
one
of
the
hospitals
who,
when
there's
a
shooting,
if
that
victim
is
in
there
and
anybody
else
shows
up,
they
can
try
to
defuse
that
situation
before
it
escalates
and
and
then
they're
also
doing
some
community
events,
because
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
excited
about
more
so
even
than
the
the
interrupters
or
the
community
advocates
cure.
Violence
is
holding
themselves
out
to
be
a
connector.
C
We
have
so
many
incredible
programs
and
so
many
opportunities
for
people
to
get
involved
to
get
help
to
get
job
skill
training
to
get
ged
to
get
mentored
to
get
parent
training.
All
that
stuff
is
available,
but
knowing
where
they
all
are
is
a
challenge.
United
way
does
a
great
job
with
the
2-1-1,
but
it's
there's
still
some
that
are
outside
of
that
that
scope.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
excited
about
personally
excited
about
with
cure
violence.
Is
that
they're
going
to
try
to
provide
a
methodology
for
them
to
be
connected?
Okay,.
D
Well,
let's
switch
gears
to
jobs;
okay,
there
are
currently
about
7
500
jobs
available
at
the
top
100
companies
in
columbus
region,
in
addition
to
hundreds
of
additional
jobs
throughout
the
city
in
various
businesses.
Also,
the
unemployment
rate
in
columbus
metro
area
is
like
3.3
percent.
I
think
the
state's
3.1
we're
not
too
little.
C
Too
far
away
from
them
we're
better
than
we've
been
since
pre-pandemic,
so.
D
C
Yeah,
you
know
the
businesses
are
facing
some
of
the
same
issues
that
the
government
is,
and
that
is
the
challenge
of
trying
to
find
workers
and
competing
against
other
organizations
that
are
paying
up
so
much
to
get
those
workers
that
it
makes
it
difficult
to
employ
them.
C
C
I
know
this
is
an
impossible
task,
but
I
want
you
to
come
to
my
office
and
look
in
your
crystal
ball
and
give
me
a
worst
case
best
case
kind
of
deal,
because
we
felt
it
was
critical,
even
at
that
early
stage,
to
try
to
begin
to
anticipate
what
we're
going
to
be
dealing
with,
because,
yes,
we
were
worried
about
the
pandemic
affecting
the
health
of
our
citizens,
but
we
were
also
almost
equally
worried
about
what
it
was
going
to
do
to
the
business
culture
in
columbus
and
across
the
state
and-
and
so
we
we
tried
to
do
some
things
from
the
from
the
government
standpoint.
C
C
D
C
You,
you
probably
don't
have
to
because
isaiah
and
I
are
worried
enough
for
all
of
us
yeah
I
mean
it's,
it's
a
fact
of
life.
It's
you
know.
We,
I
gave
you
some
numbers.
C
We've
we've
seen
we're
27
drivers
short
in
our
energy
waist
needs
we're
we're
20
we're
about
25
short
in
metra,
the
one
that
got
me
was
parks
and
rec,
where
a
lot
of
young
people
love
to
work
right,
we're
176
short,
there's
176
openings
and
that's
probably
one
or
two
more
by
now,
but
we
have
more
open
jobs
than
field
jobs
at
parks
and
recreation
lifeguards
for
the
pools
we
used
to
pay.
C
What
about
nine
dollars
an
hour,
we're
looking
at
probably
paying
14
bucks
an
hour
for
a
kid
out
of
high
school
to
to
be
a
lifeguard.
We're
gonna
have
to
do
it
again.
We're
hopeful
that
this
this
pace,
study
that
we've
we've
implemented
and
it
should
be
done
hopefully
within
the
next
several
months-
is
going
to
show
us
where
that
competitive
range
is,
but
we're
not
kidding
ourselves
either.
Most
of
you
in
this
room
know
that
columbus
has
some
constraints
when
it
comes
to
generating
additional
revenues.
C
C
Well,
we
can't
raise
taxes
matter
of
fact,
our
tax
rate
has
actually
dropped
over
the
last
three
years
because
of
some
good
financial
management
from
from
from
our
staff,
but
but
we
we
also
know
that
we've
got
to
be
creative
and
we've
been
in
meetings
and
I've
heard
the
city
manager
challenge
our
hr
director
on
multiple
occasions,
aretha
hollowell,
who
does
a
great
job
but
to
think
differently,
yeah.
C
Do
the
same
things
the
same
way
and
still
be
competitive
to
bring
in
people
to
help
us?
We
are
shifting
our
approach,
for
example,
to
garbage
and
yard
waste
everybody.
Most
of
you
have
received
your
new.
You
know
ginormous,
bins,
that
everybody's
adjusting
to
and
right
now
you're
sort
of
test
driving
them
to
get
used
to
them
and
try
to
give
us
feedback.
If
there's
any
serious
issues
that
we
need
to
take
into
account
before
we
switch
over
to
full
full
automated.
C
When
the
court
shut
down,
we
went
from
500
plus
inmates
into
work
camp
down
to
below
200.,
so
we
had
to
move
everybody
to
trash
pickup
only
which
meant
the
grass
was
growing
on
the
right-of-way.
It
meant
that
the
yard
waste
was
slow
to
be
picked
up,
so
we
are
currently
in
this
budget
we're
spending
about
4.7
4.8
million
dollars
to
contract
again
with
a
third-party
contractor
until
the
vehicles
that
we've
ordered
come
in
until
we
can
get
our
driver
fleet
ramp
back
up
so
we're
addressing
it.
C
Our
commitment
is
that
we
are
going
to
continue
to
deliver
the
services
to
the
citizens
and
yard
waste.
In
particular,
we
fell
behind
and
and
we're
grateful
for
our
residents
allowing
us
to
to
get
caught
up,
but
there'll
be
some
changes
in
how
we
do
that
they're
by
necessity,
we
just
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
the
service,
because
that's
what
people
expect.
D
C
Yeah,
you
know
again,
it
goes
back
to
the
chamber,
I
think,
focusing
on
trying
to
make
sure
they
were
a
lifeline
for
small
business.
But
having
said
that,
I
think
I
I
thought
man.
This
is
going
to
be
great
because
I
hadn't
even
heard
of
a
pandemic.
We
were
two
two
or
three
months
into
my
term
and
we
had
already
seen
kaiser
warren
move,
their
north
american
headquarters
and
add
250
to
250
jobs.
We
saw
a
local
homegrown
company
path,
tech
that
added
300
more
jobs.
C
I
thought
this
is
going
to
be
a
breeze
and
then
the
breeze
blew
in
a
germ
or
something,
but
but
but
anyway,
we
continue
and
by
the
way,
the
fact
that
the
chamber
and
the
development
authority
was
able
to
continue
to
keep
those
communications
open
with
the
prospects
we
were
working
with
three
years
ago
is
is
a
testament
to
to
their
stick-to-itiveness
yes,
but
we
did
switch
our
focus.
C
We
did
from
a
city's
perspective
and
the
chamber
kind
of
did
the
same
into
small
business,
because
we
understood
that
I
mean
we
hear
it
every
time.
Somebody
talks
about
small,
the
backbone
of
our
economy.
Well,
they
really
are
yeah
and-
and
these
are
the
folks
that
are
hiring
the
people-
these
are
the
folks
that
are
scratching
out
a
living.
These
are
the
folks
that
are
wondering
how
they're
going
to
not
only
pay
their
employees
but
how
they're
going
to
pay
their
bills.
C
So
I
I
think
we
have
done
well
look
the
economic
outlook
that
the
the
they
brought
in
from
the
ceiling
center.
I
think
warmed
my
heart
to
hear
him
point
out
that
columbus,
georgia
and
their
opinion
navigated
this
pandemic
financially,
as
well
or
better
than
any
other
city
our
size
in
georgia
and-
and
I
think,
that's
a
direct
result
not
of
the
city
not
of
the
chamber,
but
collectively,
of
all
the
people
that
live
in
this
community,
because
we
continue
to
buy
local.
C
D
C
E
C
But
it
has
changed
because
of
the
vision
of
people
in
the
private
sector
who,
who
said,
why
can't
we
and
then
it
was
created
in
addition
to
that
by
people
who
were
in
elected
offices
that
went?
How
can
we
not
leverage
the
interest
of
these
individuals
to
keep
that
going
forward?
Well,
we're
seeing
the
same
thing
happen
in
other
areas.
C
Yeah
I
mentioned
the
the
second
avenue
court,
the
the
mill
district
and
and
even
going
across
with
what
naval
works
has
done,
trying
to
provide
for
quality,
affordable
housing,
and
it's
and
it's
the
encouraging
thing
is
you'll,
see
a
doctor
in
one
of
these
areas.
You'll
see
a
single
mother
that
has
just
moved
out
of
a
maybe
a
columbus
housing.
C
The
liberty,
I
think,
is
right
for
development.
We've
talked
about
that
so
many
times
and
trying
to
get
the
stakeholders
involved.
It's
it's
it's
getting
more
traction,
but
on
the
periphery
of
the
liberty,
both
to
the
south
with
the
farmers
market
and
then
the
tank
farm
across
the
street.
We
have
some
incredible
opportunities
going
a
little
bit
north
where
you've
got
mid-city
yards.
That
is
who
in
the
world
thought
I
would
have
been
so
giddy
about
a
dog
park
right,
but
but
yeah
we
we
take
my
my
wife's.
C
I
hate
to
stay
in
front
of
my
children.
She
doesn't
mind
my
wife's
favorite
child
that
has
four
legs.
We
we
go
to
that
that
location.
It's
awesome.
You
know,
we've
seen
some
development
up
off
of
midland
midland
commons
and
we're
seeing
we're
seeing
interest
in
south
columbus
and
we're
working
very
hard
from
a
government
standpoint
to
show
any
potential
investors
that
we're
investing
in
south
korea
because
we
believe
in
the
potential
of
that
area.
I
know,
there's
a
t-splotch,
that's
going
to
be
on
the
ballot
soon
and
not
campaigning
for
it.
C
D
C
Bureaucracy
and
red
tape
and
you've
got
to
believe
it
yeah
here's
the
deal,
I
don't
know
so
much
at
its
ordinances.
I
think
one
of
our
challenges
is:
we
were
decentralized,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
focusing
on
doing
to
try
to
make
it
easier
is,
as
we
take
ownership
of
of
our
new
city
hall,
which
will
be
in
the
old
cenovas
building.
C
C
So
the
idea
is
to
have
them
all
in
one
area
to
create
that
synergy
so
that
people
can,
if
they
do,
have
to
go
somewhere
and
get
another
piece
of
paper
first,
they
only
have
to
walk
another
100
feet,
but
in
addition
to
that
we've,
the
city
manager
has
pulled
together
some
individuals
from
the
private
sector
who
frequent
those
types
of
of
city
services
and
and
ask
them
all
right.
C
How
do
we
make
it
better
and
if
there
are
ordinances
that
need
to
be
changed,
he
he
says
all
the
time
as
I
do
that
the
world
has
shifted
a
little
bit
and
if
we
don't
shift
with
it,
we're
going
to
be
just
left
behind.
So
we're
we're
taking
a
long,
hard
look
and
asking
the
private
sector
to
take
a
look
and
try
to
give
us
some
input
to
as
as
far
as
what
makes
that
a
little
easier
to
navigate.
Aren't.
D
Here,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
you
had
four
pillars
were
working
that
you
were
working
on.
We've
talked
about
two
of
them
crime
and
workforce.
Can
you
provide
an
update
on
the
other
two
which
were
health
of
our
citizens
and
neighborhood
improvement,
and
how
the
citizen,
how
the
city
addresses
affordable
housing.
C
Yeah,
you
know,
and
actually
those
are
two
of
the
areas
that
I'm
most
proud
of,
because,
despite
the
challenges
created
by
the
pandemic
by
the
labor
shortage
by
social
unrest,
all
these
things
that
hit
us
one
after
another.
Despite
all
that,
we've
really
made
some
progress
in
those
areas
with
the
very
first
state
of
the
city.
I
did
we
committed
one
million
dollars
to
blight
removal
to
taking
down
some
of
these
areas
that
were
creating
crime
opportunities.
C
I
think
it
creates
everything
from
poverty
to
low
test
scores,
because
the
way
we
viewed
it
with
those
four
pillars
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
different
buckets
that
pour
into
and
draw
out
of
poverty
to
attack
poverty.
In
and
of
itself
I
mean
that's,
that's
that's
like
fighting
an
elephant
with
a
peashooter,
so
what
we
decided
to
do
was
start
nibbling
away
at
some
of
these
peripheral
issues
that
we
knew
impacted
poverty.
C
C
We
are
now
caught
up
with
the
backlog
of
properties
that
needed
to
be
addressed,
but
we
still
put
in
another
450
thousand
dollars
this
year,
because
that's
what
our
codes
and
inspection
folks
anticipated
would
be
needed,
so
we're
very
serious
about
trying
to
help
people
reclaim
their
neighborhoods
by
by
trying
to
rid
it
of
some
of
this
blight.
There's
no
way
a
kid
can
feel
good
about
where
he
lives.
If
he
walks
by
just
this
this
old
burned
out
trailer
park.
You
know
three
times
a
day,
so
the
other
piece
on
the
health.
C
We
got
that
idea
when
we
saw
a
presentation.
I
can't
remember
me,
I
think
it
was
the
department
of
public
health
anyway.
They
they
showed
a
map
that
showed
the
the
highest
rates
of
of
diabetes,
the
highest
rates
of
heart
disease,
and
then
they
overlaid
it
with
a
map
with
the
highest
levels
of
poverty.
It
was
almost
exact
and
then,
when
we
dug
a
little
deeper
and
we
overlaid
it
with
a
map
of
the
highest
crime
incidents,
it
matched
again.
C
So
it
may
sound
strange
for
mayor
to
go
after
trying
to
make
a
city
healthier,
but
we,
I
became
convinced
that
if
we
could
impact
the
opportunities
for
some
of
our
poorer
residents
to
have
access
to
things
like
medical
care
to
quality
food,
that
we
would
see
a
shift
in
some
of
that.
So
we're
rolling
out
this
summer.
A
partnership
with
with
a
number
of
people
through
the
mayor's
health
commission
and
dr
steven
leichter
and
phil
schuler,
have
done
an
incredible
job
with
that.
C
But
we're
going
to
roll
out
mobile
units
there'll
be
a
mobile
health
screening
unit,
we're
leveraging
piedmont
and
department
of
public
health.
C
They
both
have
those
vans
to
not
only
do
those
screenings,
but
maybe
to
develop
a
database
so
that
they
could
help
those
folks
manage
some
of
those
chronic
illnesses
before
they
end
up
going
to
a
real,
serious
event
that
that
we
pay
for
with
our
energy
care
and
then
we've
partnered
with
another
incredible
organization
you
grow
and
and
and
food
mill
they're
going
to
have
a
mobile
farmer's
market,
where
they
can
make
sure
that
vegetables
are
available
to
people
that
are
currently
getting
all
three
meals
a
day
out
of
a
potato
chip
bag.
C
And
then
the
third
vehicle
is
going
to
be
hours,
we've
ordered
it.
It
hasn't
arrived
yet
tired
of
seeing
supply
chain
issues,
but
parks
and
recreation.
One
of
the
things
we
hear
is
that
we
need
more
neighborhood
recreation,
centers
well
with
176
openings.
We
can
find
the
center,
but
we
can't
find
programmers.
C
So
this
will
enable
us
to
put
a
programmer
on
this
this
vehicle
and
take
basketball
goals,
soccer
goals
and
other
recreational
stuff
for
kids
to
get
involved
with,
and
we
can
go
do
programming
at
the
neighborhood
level.
So
we're
really
excited
about
this
summer.
When
the
kids
are
out
of
school
beginning
that
program
and
getting
out
to
some
of
these
folks
and
trying
to
make
a
difference
in
what
their,
what
their
availability
to
some
of
this
stuff
is
good.
C
You
know
our
vision
for
columbus
really
hasn't
wavered.
I
love
this
city,
I
mean,
I
told
you
all
that
the
very
first
one
of
these
I
did
I
was
born
here.
I
love
this
place
because
I
love
the
people
in
it
and
I'm
so
impressed
every
day
with
the
citizens
of
this
community
and
what
they
mean.
C
So
our
vision
for
columbus
is
quite
simply
to
try
to
make
a
an
economically
viable
community
that
provides
opportunities
for
everybody,
regardless
of
where
they
live
in
in
the
city,
and
we
take
that
very
seriously
the
the
city
staff
city
government,
the
mayor,
the
council.
We
try,
even
if
it's
not
in
their
district
they're,
paying
attention
and
they're
trying
to
get
to
all
these
different
areas.
But
we
are
this
next,
this
this
this
this
year
and
and
moving
forward.
C
We're
focused
on
a
couple
of
things
that
we
mentioned
early,
but
still
desperately
need
attention.
We're
focusing
on
the
crime
issue,
we're
focusing
on
building
up
our
law
enforcement
folks
to
make
sure
we've
got
enough
folks
to
stay
safe
while
they
keep
you
safe,
we're
focusing
on
on
jobs.
We
really
do
believe.
I
believe
that
columbus-
and
I
think
some
of
it
was
propelled
forward
when
we
got
declared
what
we've
always
claimed
and
that
is
that
we're
the
second
largest
city
in
georgia.
C
I
mean
you,
let
that
sink
in
we've
always
said
that,
but
but
now
we
have
statistical
proof
because
of
the
the
census,
and
we
should
take
our
rightful
place.
City
manager
says
this
all
the
time
we
should
take
a
rightful
place
as
the
second
largest
city
in
georgia
and
the
way
we
do
that
is
we
prepare
for
the
growth
because
the
growth
is
coming.
We
grew
this
this
lesson
census.
C
So
what
we've
got
to
do
is
make
sure
that
there
are
good
paying
jobs
available
and
that
there
are
work,
skill,
training,
opportunities
available.
We
I've
got
to
add
one
more
thing.
We
we
put
to
try
to
get
to
that.
That
point
we
put
in
14
kiosks
in
many
of
our
rec
centers
in
some
of
our
other
city
buildings
and
they're,
designed
to
give
people
who
may
not
have
access
to
computers
a
touch
screen
that
they
can
go
in
there
and
identify
work,
job
skill,
training,
work
opportunities,
submit
an
application
online.
D
Well,
mayor,
it's
been
a
pleasure
and
I
I
can't
say
how
much
we,
the
chamber,
the
community,
appreciate
your
devoted
service
to
public
service
and
for
many
many
years
I
don't
know
how
many
years,
but
I'm
sure
your
wife
knows
and
your
family
knows,
but
we
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
on
behalf
of
columbus
and
the
citizens
around.
So
let's.
C
D
E
But
I
certainly
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his.
You
know,
years
of
service,
to
the
citizens
of
columbus
georgia.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
sponsors,
one
more
time
to
help
make
the
2022
mayor's
state
of
the
city
possible.
Of
course,
our
presenting
sponsor
paige
grantham,
thank
you
carter
and,
and
the
bevy
of
attorneys
from
paige
grantham,
who
have
joined
us
here
on
the
front
row
today.
Also
our
gold
sponsors
att,
georgia,
power
and
tsys
a
global
payments
company
and
our
silver
sponsors,
a
kinetic
credit
union
liberty,
utilities
and
out
front
media.
E
We
also
want
to,
of
course,
always
thank
and
recognize
our
cornerstone
partners,
aflac
and
anthem,
georgia
power,
I
heart
media,
the
peas,
old
companies,
piedmont,
columbus,
regional
pmb
broadcasting
pratt
and
whitney
synovus,
wc,
bradley
company
and
wrbl
news
3.,
and
we
would
be
remiss
if
we
did
not
thank
columbus
state
university
for
their
partnership.
On
this
event,
this
amazing
setup
was
made
possible
by
steve
morris
and
his
team
and
dr
mark
wood.
We
certainly
appreciate
this
ongoing
partnership
and,
of
course
I
want
to
thank
our
chamber
team.
E
E
Of
course,
thank
all
of
you
have
taken
two
hours
out
of
your
day
to
join
us
today.
I
know
we'll
see
some
of
you
at
maple
ridge
next
friday
may
may
6
at
the
largest
business
networking
golf
tournament
in
columbus
and
then
again
on,
may
24th
mark
your
calendars
for
that
we've
got
election
day,
but
also
a
business
after
hours,
planned
in
partnership
with
our
friends
at
the
east
alabama
chamber.
E
That
is
actually
going
to
be
in
the
art
park
in
phoenix
city
right
along
the
river
and
so
that'll
be
a
fun
time
as
well.
If
you
haven't
already
connect
with
us
on
facebook,
we're
also
on
the
instagram
we're
not
on
the
tick
tock
yet,
but
you
know,
maybe
one
day
have
a
great
rest
of
your
day.
Everybody
thanks.