In the annual State of the City address Wednesday evening, Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson highlighted five key indicators that Riverside is “leveling up” and “rising” with strength and resilience, with its best days still ahead.
Proclaiming that “every metric is going in the right direction,” Lock Dawson told the audience at the Riverside Convention Center that crime and unemployment are down, city revenues and local job creation are increasing, while existing businesses are expanding and new businesses are starting up.
“Riverside is a city that achieves and strives for more,” the mayor since 2020 said. “It is a city that believes progress is a responsibility…