Mayor Delivers Pre-Recorded State of City Due to Storm

Mayor Donnalee Lozeau delivered a pre-recorded State of the City address on Tuesday night after the Board of Aldermen meeting where she was originally scheduled to deliver her address was cancelled due to the snowstorm.

Lozeau's State of the City address aired on Channel 16 at 8 and 10 p.m. Tuesday and is expected to be rebroadcast on the station later this week.

[For a text version of the State of the City speech, click here.]

In her 45-minute speech, Lozeau touched on a wide variety of issues, including development, local business, union contracts, playgrounds, rail service, as well as a new plan to have a regular police presence downtown.

"I look forward to productive discussions and the sharing of ideas," she said of the coming year. "I will strive for Nashua to be a whole community, continually developing to its full potential. The possibilities are endless. Nashua has achieved great things. Together, let's dare to begin again in 2014."

The mayor is also scheduled to address the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Courtyard Marriott at 2200 Southwood Drive. This second State of the City address will not be a traditional speech format. Lozeau will facilitate an open dialogue between attendees and herself, taking questions from the crowd.