(Michigan City, IN) - Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry is scheduled to give his annual State of the City address later this week.

According to the mayor’s office, Parry will explain what he believes are the most important challenges, from homelessness to housing affordability and economic resiliency, facing the community.

Parry is scheduled to deliver his presentation Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Stardust Ballroom of Blue Chip Casino following a continental breakfast. The doors open at 7:30 a.m., with non-profit grants funded by the federal American Rescue Plan to be awarded following his speech.

Parry, who’s in the fourth year of his first term, is unopposed in seeking the Republican Party nomination in the May primary. Five candidates are running for the Democratic Party nomination in the primary.