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<br />...... .. <br /> <br />~i ~...j)t <br />f!'~JlS : <br /> <br />----(-.. . <br />................: <br /> <br />OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />Diverse . Inclusive . Committed <br /> <br />Riverside <br />bttd <br />All-America City <br />, lilt' <br /> <br />CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br /> <br />"People Serving <br />People" <br /> <br />1998 <br /> <br />January 29,2004 <br /> <br />Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge <br /> <br />STATE OF THE CITY, 2004 <br /> <br />"EXCITING, DIVERSE, URBAN, AND SUCCESSFUL CITY" <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Thank you Cindy Roth and the Chamber for hosting this 27th State of the City. <br />Thank you for coming, and for your commitment to Riverside. <br />This is my 10th State of the City Address, and my 25th year in elected office. <br />Riverside has come a long way, in the past ten years, and in the past 25. <br /> <br />2003 WAS A GREAT YEAR <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />In last year's State of the City, I concluded,'This is the best of times.... 2003 can be the right <br />place, the right time for Riverside." <br /> <br />IT WAS! <br /> <br />2003 was a great year! Riverside has come of age as an exciting, diverse, urban, and <br />successful city. <br /> <br />Approaching 300,000, Riverside is the largest city in the Inland Empire, an area with 3.5 <br />million people, and counting. We are the Inland Empire's capital city, with the largest <br />economy, most college students, most dynamic downtown, center of arts and culture, <br />interesting and varied neighborhoods, and a richly diverse community. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />3900 Main Street. Riverside, California 92522 <br />Phone (909) 826-5551 . Fax (909) 826-2543 . www.ci.riverside.ca.us <br />