Mayor Tracy Saunders joins host James Touchton, Director of Economic Development, for the first episode of The Anchor. Seven months into her first term, the Mayor talks about the night residents chose a new direction, what is true and what is not about the City's finances, and why she compares Port Wentworth to a teenager in the middle of a growth spurt.In this episode:How the FY27 budget was balanced with no millage increaseWhy years of planning, studies and engineering come before any project breaks groundWhat Anchor Park, VyStar Pavilion and the Ice Cove mean for residents, from new things to do to hotel taxes that help keep the millage rate downWhere the city is headed in the year ahead"We're not just a drive-through place anymore, we're a destination." Mayor Tracy SaundersThe Anchor is a weekly podcast from the City of Port Wentworth Department of Economic Development.