Mount Clemens Mayor Laura Kropp delivers the State of Mount Clemens on Sept. 17 from the stage of the Emerald Theater.

Photo by Dean Vaglia

MOUNT CLEMENS — On a quiet Sept. 17 afternoon, officials and notables across Macomb County took their places at the historic Emerald Theater for the 2025 State of Mount Clemens address.

Delivered by Mayor Laura Kropp with starting remarks by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Stacy Ziarko, president and CEO of event organizer Connect Macomb, the annual speech took attendees on a triumphant look at the city’s accomplishments over the past year, the thesis of it all best said by the disembodied voice of City Manager Gregg Shipman.

“Something powerful is emerging, a force unlike anything this city has known,” Shipman said, his voice narrating vid

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