Mayor Carter Touts Public Safety Success at State of the City Address
Mayor Carter delivered the 2025 State of Our City Address on April 21 at the North End Community Center. Investing in housing growth downtown infrastructure, public safety progress and announcing a citywide summit to address fentanyl and the opioid crisis were among the issues he discussed at the annual address.
Carter highlighted community-first public safety strategies and the St. Paul Police Department’s new non-fatal shooting unit’s work to increase clearance rates and decrease violent crimes, resulting in zero gun-related homicides so far in 2025.
Carter said other key success from 2024 included purchasing Minnesota’s first electric fire engine, with plans to purchase a second through a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, adding 731 new affordable homes, including 255 deeply affordable units for families earning 30% of the area median income, Common Cent investments upgraded 70 Parks and Recreation facilities totaling $11.5 million, with another incoming $11.8 million to complete the resurfacing of courts and fields, new playgrounds, fresh concrete and activated spaces across the city and a commitment of nearly $24 million to improve 50 miles of roads, making streets and sidewalks safer to walk, bike, and drive.
Watch the address at stpaul.gov/2025-state-our-city-address.
