Full text: Rawlings-Blake's State of the City address

Below is the full text, as prepared, of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City address delivered on Monday at City Hall.

Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for the opportunity to report on the progress of our city and to renew our commitment to the great cause of a growing Baltimore.

Mr. President, thank you for the invitation to speak before the Council…