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Michael Johnston: “We are planning for a 0% growth in 2026.”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Denver Mayor Michael Johnston Addresses City's Financial Challenges and Strategic Plans

Published | Video Starts at 33:37

So what you'll notice here is last year we said we're gonna, we're gonna say revenue growth is gonna slow instead of a normal 5% year, let's call it a 3% year. And we were wrong. It was like a 0.7% year. So what We are planning for a 0% growth in 2026. So what you'll see is, see this bar, it's flat, flat, flat. As opposed to look at these years of revenue growth. Look at these years of revenue growth. (33:37–33:41)

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