Auburn Mayor Ron Anders delivers State of the City address [Video]

With the 2024 year drawing to a close and the 2025 fiscal year just beginning, Auburn Mayor Ron Anders highlighted the growth and expansion that the City of Auburn has seen and what is to come in the future.

On Tuesday at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center, Anders presented his State of the City, The event was originally his idea as a means to connect directly with citizens and share how the city is spending the citizens’ tax dollars. Anders went through a variety of keys to Auburn’s growth over the years, including Auburn residents. Anders started this annual tradition when he became mayor in 2019.

“It was my sense that at the size and the stature of our community, that when I became mayor, it was time for us to have this event,” Anders said in an interview with the Opelika-Auburn News. “As a city that has the …