How To Watch: 2022 State Of The County Address

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The 2022 Oakland County State of The County address will be broadcast live next week on Tuesday, March 15th, at 7 p.m. from M1 Concourse in Pontiac.

Oakland County Executive, David Coulter, will unveil a roadmap for the future, a strategic plan that will guide the county’s efforts over the next five years. The Roadmap will outline a key set of goals that are fundamental to providing excellent service and support to Oakland County residents, businesses, communities, and organizations.

Oakland County will livestream the event on the County Executive website, OakGov.com/SOTC, as well as Oakland County’s YouTube channel, @OakGov, and the Executive Office Facebook page, @OakGov.EO. The county’s Twitter handle, @OakGov, will feature live tweets with highlights from the speech. WDET-FM (101.9) will also broadcast the event live for the listening audience. Folks are encouraged to use the hashtag #OCSOTC22 to join the conversation online.

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How To Watch: Oakland 2021 State Of The County Address

The 2021 Oakland County State of The County address will air next week on Wednesday, May 19th, at 7 p.m. from Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theater in Royal Oak in a virtual format in order to comply with Coronavirus precautions.

Oakland County Executive David Coulter will speak to the resilience of Oakland County’s people, employees and businesses as they’ve endured 14 months of living with COVID-19, perhaps the most challenging public health and economic crisis of our lifetime. His look ahead will include how his administration is building Oakland County’s future now and the county’s priorities for investing its $244 million share of the American Rescue Plan.

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David Coulter Delivers his Oakland Together plan at the 2020 State of the County Address

Oakland County Executive David Coulter set a collaborative tone and ambitious agenda to expand health care for county residents, ensure adults complete needed education and job certifications, move a county division and its staff to downtown Pontiac, and triple defense investment in the county by 2025.

Coulter outlined his “Oakland Together” plan Wednesday evening before a full house at the Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Pontiac.

“I believe the fact that Oakland does well means we have an opportunity – indeed a responsibility – to do better,” Coulter said. “We can leverage our strengths to tackle our challenges before they become problems. We can lead and innovate. We can be fiscally responsible with taxpayer money and forward thinking. To do that, we must be Oakland Together. Together as public servants working for the public good, together with our residents and businesses, and together with our region.”

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