SAINT JOHN, N.B.- Saint John’s business community will gather tonight to get a good sense of the direction the city will be heading in in the next few years.

Mayor Mel Norton will deliver his first State of the City Address,  at the Trade and Convention Centre.

He says his speech has a couple of main objectives. “Part of what we’re going to be reminding everyone of is the challenges that we face”, says Norton. “More importantly than that the request is going to be to change the conversation in this community”.

The event will get underway at 5 this evening.