City Manager outlines growth, safety and housing priorities in Greenville State of the City

City Manager Miss Labrad delivered Greenville City's 2025 State of the City address, summarizing recent accomplishments and outlining projects and priorities for the coming year.

Miss Labrad said Greenville "continues to grow and evolve," and opened with baseline city data, saying the city covers just over 31 square miles, has a population of about 78,800 with more than 37,000 households, and an average household size of 2.02. She said the city has a large 25-to-34 age cohort and a highly educated population.

The address focused on five priority areas: public safety, mobility and transportation, recreation/open space/sustainability, neighborhoods and affordable housing, and economic development. On public safety, Miss Labrad noted the Fire Department maintained a Class 1 Insurance Services Office rating and that public-safety departments responded to 15,699 calls for service last year, which she said equates to nearly 25,000 unit responses. She announced ongoing projects including a new Public Safety Campus on Palmer Road and a replacement fire station for the Stone Avenue site; construction on the new station is expected to take 12 to 14 months once it begins.

On mobility and transportation, Miss Labrad highlighted completion and upcoming work: the…