Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to deliver third State of the City address at Kentucky Center

Third annual address scheduled for Thursday afternoon downtown

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg is set to deliver his third State of the City address on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, outlining priorities for the year ahead and reviewing major developments from his administration’s most recent year in office.

The speech is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Kentucky Center, continuing the mayor’s annual practice of presenting a citywide progress report in a public forum. Greenberg took office in January 2023 after winning the 2022 mayoral election, making this his third annual State of the City address since becoming mayor.

What the State of the City typically covers

While the mayor’s prepared remarks for Thursday’s event had not been released ahead of time, Greenberg’s prior State of the City addresses and other major policy rollouts provide a framework for the themes that have shaped the administration’s agenda.

In last year’s State of the City address, the mayor emphasized several broad areas that have remained central to Metro Government initiatives: public safety strategies, housing and homelessness programs, downtown redevelopment projects, and large-scale infrastructure and quality-of-life investments. The address also highlighted intergovernmental partnerships and major funding commitments for city projects.

• Public safety and violence prevention, including prosecution coordination and targeted intervention programs.

• Housing supply and affordability efforts, including tools aimed at redevelopment and homeownership support.

• Homelessness response, including expanded shelter capacity and longer-term campus-style service planning.

• Downtown and economic development initiatives tied to business recruitment, adaptive reuse and district-scale plans.

Policy context: a year of major city initiatives

In the 2025 address, the mayor pointed to a multi-year decline in shootings and reductions in several other crime categories, alongside steps such as expanded crisis-response operations intended to reduce the number of mental-health calls handled by police officers. The speech also referenced a city goal to create and preserve 15,000 affordable housing units, the use of incentives and program changes to speed redevelopment of distressed properties, and ongoing efforts to add shelter capacity while pursuing a longer-term service hub model for people experiencing homelessness.

The 2025 address further highlighted downtown activity and investment plans, including efforts to convert vacant offices, implement street redesigns and advance a major redesign of the Belvedere. It also described new economic-development structures, including the launch of a separate organization intended to lead business recruitment and growth strategy.

What comes next

Thursday’s address will provide the clearest snapshot to date of the administration’s current priorities heading into 2026, including which initiatives are expected to expand, which timelines may shift, and what new proposals may be introduced for Metro Council consideration.

The State of the City address is expected to include a review of recent outcomes and a forward-looking policy agenda for the year ahead.

The speech is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Kentucky Center in downtown Louisville.