FINDLAY, Ohio – Dozens of mayors from across the state met at the Hancock Hotel in Findlay to discuss important issues affecting their cities.
The biggest concern across the state is public safety. Nearly two dozen mayors from across the state, who pride themselves on bipartisan communication and cooperation, met to discuss their communities’ top concerns.
“As we continue to build our platform and engage at the state and federal levels, working together to find common ground is something you don’t always see in politics, but is a top priority for all of us,” said Findlay Republican Mayor Christina Muryn.
Muryn, the meeting host, said the top priority is to create safer communities, but she added that crime has declined across the state.
“What can mayors do and what can we do in our communities to continue to make our communities safer? And we are very fortunate that we have seen a decline in violent crime across the state of Ohio,” Muryn said.
Columbus Democratic Mayor Andrew Ginther is the new president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He said one of his goals as president is to launch pilot mayoral alliances in other states based on the success of the Ohio group. Another priority is making life in the communities more affordable, Ginther said.
“We had a great conversation this morning about how we can create more housing units and housing opportunities, whether in downtown areas that perhaps haven’t been invested in as much. And in this era of remote work, that’s not going to change. How can we reimagine our downtown areas, our town centers,” Ginther said.
With the goal of putting their political parties aside and working to improve their communities, Ohio mayors said they care about the people.
