Detroit Mayor Duggan’s State of the City 2021: Open for business Democratic Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave a virtual State of the City address on Tuesday, March 9. As the site for the speech, the seven-year mayor and former medical center CEO chose the new $1.6 billion Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant on the city’s east side to highlight the success of his administration’s pro-corporate policies. Democratic Party Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivering his State of the City presentation on March 9 at the new Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant on the city’s east side [Source: City of Detroit video stream] Duggan began by praising Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) management and the UAW for collaborating to get the Mack Avenue facility open. “It is a marvel; they built a 2.5 million square-foot plant in 18 months during a COVID pandemic,” he declared. “When this plant is going, 250,000 vehicles a year are going roll off that line. Not built in Tennessee. Not built in South Carolina. Not built in Huntsville, Alabama. Built right here on the east side of Detroit and for that we are enormously grateful.”