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Mayor Gary Carey touts 'acceleration' in 2025 State of the City, highlights public safety, bridge work and jobs
Summary
In a Made in Walker podcast interview, Mayor Gary Carey said Walker’s 2025 theme is “acceleration,” citing falling major-crime rates, a major bridge replacement and job growth. He outlined budget sources, public-safety staffing moves, youth engagement programs and a possible aquarium study site in South Walker.
Mayor Gary Carey used the City of Walker’s 2025 State of the City interview to describe the community’s current moment as one of “acceleration,” pointing to falling major-crime rates, a large bridge replacement project and rapid job growth near the city’s industrial areas.
Carey, speaking on the Made in Walker podcast hosted by Nicole DeDonato, said the city has seen a 22% drop in major crimes such as burglaries, larceny and aggravated assaults over the last two years and credited proactive engagement by police and fire with that decline. “They've dropped, like, 22% over the last 2 years,” Carey said. He added that officers and firefighters “do so much together,” and that the departments’ neighborhood outreach improves community trust and public safety.
Why it matters: Walker is managing both population and commercial growth while trying to preserve public-safety gains and…
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