Please join me on Wednesday, August 27 at 11 a.m. in the Council Chamber for the annual State of the City. I will present to you the City's financial and operational status, as well as insights into how we're building success in the Biggest Little City.

Following the address, I invite you to join City Council Members in the City Hall lobby for refreshments and conversation.

For those unable to attend, we will be live streaming the address on Charter cable channel 194 and at Reno.Gov/Meetings. You can also participate in the conversation by using the hashtag #SOTCReno on social media.

Sincerely,

Andrew Clinger, Reno City Manager

What other leaders are saying about the State of the City

Mark Johnson

President, University of Nevada, Reno

"There is an abundance of creativity and intellectual capital in this community and together we - the City of Reno, EDAWN, the University, and many others - are creating a formidable economic engine that will help grow the local economy for generations. With the opening of the University's Innovation Center downtown, this alliance is even further strengthened."

Steve Siegel

The Siegel Group

"I first entered the Reno market in 2006 and was immediately struck by the cool vibe and untapped potential the city had to offer, which is the reason I continue to aggressively invest in the area. There is still a great deal of work to be accomplished including attracting non-gaming related industries such as high-tech and manufacturing, which will be instrumental in Reno's revitalization that is now in the early stages. We need to aggressively promote the city as a family-friendly university town that is the ideal headquarters for cutting-edge businesses, and I am excited to help spread the word about Reno as well as renovating and repositioning the properties we are acquiring while creating valuable jobs in the process."

Mark Estee

Owner and Head Chef at CAMPO

"I chose to be here in Reno. I love where this city is going. There is so much promise and progress being made daily. The Biggest Little City is and has been making moves. The City of Reno has been instrumental in helping this positive change. I think the effort of the public and private sectors has been inspiring!"

Chris Baum

Executive Director, RSCVA

"Reno arrived at a post-recession tipping point in 2014, with increased attention from national convention planners, social media gurus, and the international business community (just being a finalist for Tesla's gigafactory has made us nationally newsworthy). With Midtown evolving daily, the Grand Sierra Resort opening a $15 million mega-nightclub, and the RSCVA's increased emphasis on raising hotel room rates and growing our non-gaming customers ('All Seasons-1,000 Reasons'), the future is definitely starting to look brighter for The Biggest Little City in the World."

Noah Silverman

Co-Founder, Reno Bike Project

"Reno's next generation of entrepreneurs and vanguards have begun to emerge, and a new social fabric is being constructed. I think this is going to lead to a radical change in the way people live and work, as well as the way Reno is viewed from the outside. In 10 years Reno will have the reputation that everyone here already knows: that it's one of the best places in to live in America."