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Mayor Scott Fadness lays out long‑range plan to keep Fishers in perpetual renewal
Summary
Mayor Scott Fadness used the State of the City to outline a multi‑decade strategy emphasizing safety, economic opportunity, education and bold reinvestment to avoid civic decline, and he flagged rising service costs and upcoming council proposals to sustain Fishers' growth.
Mayor Scott Fadness delivered Fishers' 2026 State of the City address, calling for a long‑range approach to keep the city in a "perpetual state of renewal" and warning that complacency can lead to decline. He framed his agenda around three priorities: political leadership rooted in service, the elements that make a great city (safety, opportunity and education), and the major challenges the city must solve to preserve prosperity.
Fadness said leadership should prioritize service over self‑promotion: "Realize that you lead when you need to. And when you don't, you fade into the background. And you do the work that people expect you to do." He said Fishers' city council and administration share that orientation and called on residents to hold elected officials accountable to it.
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