RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - Rancho Cordova City Hall last week hosted the City’s Annual State of the City Address, and the City didn’t misstep in providing attendees a low-key mixer replete with information from City, civic organizations and a smattering of businesses promoting Rancho Cordova, along with light refreshments.

Standard-bearers such as the Rancho Cordova Police Department answered questions and promoted their Business Watch and Crime Prevention programs. The City’s Department of Public Works had a display of city-wide improvements and programs.

The Cordova Community Council encouraged any and all to join and to check out some current events such as next week’s Holiday Craft Faire or the local Symphony d’Oro. The Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, now affectionately known as the MACC, provided listings of its upcoming receptions, Winter Art Fest and galleries.

Explore Rancho Cordova, the City’s arm of Travel and Tourism proudly provided displays, maps and info on the constantly growing list of fun things to see, to eat and do in Rancho Cordova and along the American River Parkway.

Other organizations or businesses were the Soroptimist International of Rancho Cordova and the St. John Vianney Cordova Community Food Locker, the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce and KP Market, which is sponsoring a full-fledged ice rink in its parking lot—the first in the City in well, over five years.

Less frequent representatives were there from the U.S. Census Bureau in advance of the national 2020 census.

The capstone event of the evening was the actual formal address of current Mayor Robert McGarvey, who voiced even more accomplishments of the City and its partners in business, such as the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce, and in government, within the last year. Rancho Cordova is the site of the newly opened California Capitol Film Office, The City also snapped up yet another coveted All-America City Award, which McGarvey described as “A rare and important honor,” (plus several more awards for excellence in things such as fiscal reporting and public works).

Plans for new housing at Mather Veteran’s Village and the hotly anticipated Rio Del Oro Developments were highlighted. Beautification and safety improvements along Folsom and Coloma roadways continue or are nearly completed, such as the school crossings near Mills Middle and Cordova High. Also, badly continued plans for more long needed sidewalks in targeted areas, keep rolling out and into action.

According to Mayor McGarvey the future Civic Center, also known as the Mills Station District Project, adjacent to the Folsom Lake College location in Rancho Cordova, is moving forward. McGarvey also noted that in the last year, the City has pumped $14 million into City infrastructure improvements.