Suffolk leaders spent Thursday afternoon looking ahead to the city’s future during Mayor Mike Duman’s annual State of the City address — focusing heavily on growth, infrastructure, public safety and quality of life projects already underway.
The event, hosted as part of the Hampton Roads Chamber State of the City series, served as Suffolk’s opportunity to showcase what city leaders say is momentum across nearly every sector of the city.
And throughout the presentation, one project remained front and center: the new Downtown Suffolk Library.
The nearly 38-thousand-square-foot facility on East Washington Street is expected to open later this summer and will include dedicated teen and children’s spaces, meeting rooms and a makerspace designed for art projects, woodworking, metalworking and digital creation…