Full text of Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll’s 2021 state of the city address
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll delivered her annual State of the City address during the Salem City Council’s annual organizational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 7.
The full text of her remarks, as prepared, is below.
Honorable Councillors and fellow Salem residents, Representative Tucker and Senator Lovely. Congratulations to Councillor Madore on your election as Council President for this year.
I’d like to begin by acknowledging and honoring that the building from which I’m addressing you, Salem City Hall, our City Hall, is – like all of Salem – indigenous land: a place called Naumkeag and home to countless generations of Massachuset men, women, and children. Earlier this year we placed a Land Acknowledgement here at City Hall, at City Hall Annex, and at the Jonathan Corwin House. Even as we approach the 400thanniversary of European arrival here in 1626, let’s never lose sig