LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Mayor Linda Gorton delivered her annual State of the City-County address Thursday, outlining significant progress across multiple areas while announcing new initiatives for Lexington's future. The city is investing $22.6 million in infrastructure to make the park shovel-ready for businesses, with the park opening debt-free. Youth violence prevention successOne Lexington's violence prevention efforts continue showing results. In 2025, Lexington experienced its fourth consecutive year of declining gun violence, recording the fewest total homicides of young people in a decade and the fewest gunshot victims since 2010. Last year, Lexington invested nearly $200,000 in violence prevention efforts through grants to nonprofits and the school system.