‘No time for negativity’: Mayor talks accomplishments and challenges at State of the City address Published 1:15 pm Wednesday, October 1, 20251 of 4Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...NATCHEZ — Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson held a Come-to-Jesus meeting of sorts with Natchezians on Tuesday night at his annual year-end State of the City address. Part stump speech and part revival service, Gibson expressed his gratitude to aldermen, city department heads, staffers and all of Natchez who have been a part of the Natchez Renewal he is leading. During that time, we’ve had many challenges, but we’ve also had great successes.”He recalled the many challenges the city faced at the beginning of his administration. We’ve had the Natchez Renewal. “The Natchez Renewal is not stopping.