State of the City Chrest talks COVID-19, new initiatives By: Colin Slark Save to Read Later Brandon Chamber of Commerce president Spencer Day introduces Mayor Rick Chrest for his annual state of the city address, held over online networking platform Zoom this year. (Screenshot) For the seventh time in his political career, Mayor Rick Chrest delivered a talk to members of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce for the annual state of the city address via Zoom on Thursday afternoon. Advertisement It was the second straight year Chrest has done a virtual address due to COVID-19. He used his time to announce some new initiatives for the City of Brandon and talk about the ongoing fight against the virus.