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PATHWAYS TO THE 21ST <br /> <br />CENTURY <br /> <br />State of the City · Riverside, California ° January 22, 1998 <br /> Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge <br /> <br />Thank you Art for thc introduction. And thank you to the Greater Riverside Chambers of <br />Commerce for hosting the 21st Annual State of the City Address. <br /> <br />The day after Christmas I walked to the highest point on Mount Rubidoux. It was a <br />stunning vista. The day was clear and bright, the City green and expansive. The view was <br />a mountain top perspective of an extraordinary City. <br /> <br />I remembered the closing sentences from "The Story of Mount Rubidoux" bv DeWitt <br />Hutchings, son-in-law of Frank Miller, "Do we understand now why Mount Rubidoux is <br />known and honored far and wide? It is bemuse it has a definite personality, a spiritual <br />nature, and lives a life of service, directing man's eyes and mind toward...those <br />truths...which he most needs in daily...living." <br /> <br />Together this afternoon, let us dream, dare, and then do. Let us not accept but rather <br />invent our future. The State of the City Address will be a prospective overview, primarily <br />focusing on defining pathways to the 21st Century. <br /> <br />Celebrate Riverside <br /> <br />But first, let us celebrate Riverside. <br /> <br />The City began the 20th Century as in the words of Kevin Starr "the quintessential citrus <br />town in southern California" Our population was little more than 5,000. The Glenwood <br />Hotel was yet to become the Mission Inn. And we were one of the highest income cities in <br />the country. <br /> <br />As the 20th Century, ends, we can take pride in the City of Riverside. We are now a <br />communitv of colleges and universities, with a highly diverse population of 250,000, the <br />1 lth largest of 471 cities in Califorma. <br /> <br /> <br />