Hallandale Beach State Of The City Part 1

By Hallandale Beach, Mayor Joy Cooper

Jun 5, 2025

This Week, I Will Present The State Of The City Address, And I Will Be Sharing This With You Over The Next Upcoming Weeks. It Was Such An Honor And Privilege To Partake In The Annual State Of The City Presented By The Hallandale Beach Chamber Of Commerce. It Is Truly An Honor To Be Your Mayor In Hallandale Beach. A Special Thank You To Executive Director Norma English, And The Entire Board Of Directors For Your Hard, Year-Round, Work Helping Businesses Here. You Are Genuinely Appreciated.

A special thank you to our partners here at Gulfstream Park for the beautiful venue. I also want to thank all of the sponsors for the luncheon; Amsterdam Hallandale, City of Hallandale Beach, Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc., American Family Care, Memorial Healthcare System, Signarama, Angels On The Ocean HomeCare, LLC., and David iPhoto Professional Photo & Video. Without their generous support and continued partnership, this wonderful event would not be possible.

Those of you that have been following past State of the City’s you know I like to share a bit of my global view of current events. Everything that happens does end up impacting us locally. Which is plenty!

Since 2020, we have been on the mend and a gradual road to recovery. The roller coaster ride of two horrific wars and the global economy with major supply chain issues and cost of south Florida living sky rocketed.

Keeping up to date with what is really going on has been daunting, listening to CNN, Fox News, Fox, MSNBC and BBC just to understand everyone’s views. Then hitting the internet to research. Now the saying should be “Do Not Trust- Verify.”

Facts really matter especially when forty thousand people, local businesses, and visitors are dependent on your leadership. Even with all this unrest I like to say, we are the government that provides vital life services. The federal and state government are not worried about keeping your water running, or toilets flushing.

Our strategic plan was bold. We stuck to it and made tough political decisions which led to a path of stability. If you recall my theme last year, Promises Made Promise Kept. Cities were finally seeing our tax dollars coming back. This year my motto is “Dig Baby, Dig!” And I do not mean for oil.

As a side note, we heard drilling permits were being issued once again. Luckily for us, they will not be digging off our coast. Southeast Florida was off the table during Trump’s first term, and we found out last week the same will hold true.

Supply chains had started to free up which meant projects were moving. Even with the cost of construction material going up we can continue with our goals. Dig Baby Dig!

2024 was an election year. People were hurting when it came to our economy. It was a few months ago eggs peaked at $8.17 per dozen and now the average is $4.38 a dozen. In 2020, they were $1.48.

Inflation continued wars in Ukraine, Israel, unrest in Africa. Crime in the U.S. was on the rise. National crime statistics show a downward trend in violent crime. The same goes for our city. Thank you to our Chief Michel and for the steadfast leadership of the City Commission. We are here due to a unified commitment to our oath to keep our City safe! In this case Crime = Quality of life issues. The ones that create a sense of lawlessness. Homelessness, drug addiction and petty crimes that often go unreported.

As always, I am available anytime for your questions, concerns, and ideas to make our City a better place on my Phone/Text at: (954) 632-5700. Or you can email me at: jcooper@cohb.org. Please visit me on my Facebook page at: Mayor Joy Cooper. Like! Follow! And share!