Mayor Tim Keller's 2024 State of the City Address
Thank you for joining Mayor Tim Keller and the City of Albuquerque for the 2024 State of the City Address at the ABQ BioPark Zoo. This free event offered families a fun opportunity to come together, learn about the City’s priorities and initiatives, and enjoy a family picnic night at the zoo.
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About the State of the City Address & Community Celebration
Mayor Tim Keller delivered his sixth State of the City address at a community event hosted at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo. The gathering brought over 1,300 people together to learn about City efforts on a range of fronts including public safety, housing and homelessness solutions, and creating safe, vibrant ‘third places’ for people of all ages to find belonging in our communities.
Mayor Keller’s speech included stories from folks from different backgrounds in Albuquerque, illustrating some of the programs that are at work in our communities to help overcome the challenges we are experiencing and indicators that we are headed in the right direction. Featured Burqueños include Ceriyah Wilmore, a recent graduate of West Mesa High School sharing her experience in the School Based Violence Intervention Program and how it helped her get back on track; Ashley Martinez, who gave us a look into Cuidando Los Niños, a nonprofit that helps homeless children and their families; and Courtenay Eichhorst from Local 412 Plumbers & Pipefitters who delivered a frontline account of construction in the city and the flurry of new businesses flocking to Albuquerque.
This year’s remarks were centered around “a future worth fighting for,” acknowledging that the challenges we are going through as a city are difficult to overcome, but there is a bright future on the horizon for Albuquerque if we are willing to stay in the ring and fight for it. Thematically, Keller’s speech wove together boxing metaphors and continued his commitment to ‘the promise of Albuquerque for families” from all walks of life.