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Richmond mayor touts growth, contingency funds and plans for new regional sports complex
Summary
Mayor Robert Blythe said Richmond is seeing sustained population and development growth, a contingency fund of more than $23 million, and plans for a nearly 300‑acre regional sports complex; he also cited traffic pressures and use of ARPA funds in a recent state-of-the-city interview.
Mayor Robert Blythe said Richmond is experiencing sustained population and development growth, a contingency fund of more than $23,000,000 and multiple infrastructure projects, while acknowledging traffic and workforce challenges.
In a state-of-the-city interview on WKYT, Mayor Blythe said the city is receiving more revenue than expected and spending less on capital projects than budgeted. "Continual growth. For one thing, as we continue with our building, our construction, those taxable properties, and then, we've been able to come in under budget on several of the projects that we are working on, capital projects," Blythe said.
The mayor said Eastern Kentucky University recently announced it is now Kentucky's largest regional university and that residential and commercial construction are contributing to the city's tax base. Blythe told the interviewer that Richmond…
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