State of Oakland County address to take place March 5

OAKLAND COUNTY — Oakland County will be holding its annual State of the County address this week.

The address, taking place at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, will be led by County Executive Dave Coulter. According to a news release, Coulter will speak on a “roadmap for the county’s future, highlighting key initiatives and programs.”

“I’m going to be talking a lot about affordability and what we’ve done over the last year to try to relieve the financial burden of county residents, especially as it relates to medical bills and education and housing,” Coulter told the Woodward Talk. “We have programs in all three of those areas that I’m proud of to help lower people’s costs in those areas. I know that it really weighs on people — especially today — and I think we have a responsibility to address that concern for people.”

The event is invitation-only. It can be watched on the county’s website, oakgov.com/sotc, and at the county’s YouTube page, youtube.com/@oakgov.