Billings Mayor Bill Cole said Wednesday the state of the city is “good, bordering on excellent.”
The annual Chamber of Commerce event was held in front of a packed ballroom at the Northern Hotel. The setting was far different than a year ago during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, Cole said: “The pandemic brought uncertainty in the community and pain for those who lost love ones, including a loss in my family.”
Fifteen months later “we are fundamentally optimistic today,” the mayor said