lawrence mayor dan rivera, his fire chief brian more orty, andrew flanagan, michael mansfield and policehief patrick keefe. and town manager andrew mailer. fire chief william mccarthy and police chief charles gray. these people delivered and we're honored to have them here. [ cheers and applause ] you know, it's in moments like that that everybody remembers why committed and creative public service matters. but at the same time, the day-to-day work often goes on without much notice. the fact that 351 cities and towns in this commonwealth have worked with state government on over 800 best practices and now use that program to spread the word on other smarter, better ways to deliver services doesn't make much news. the work we have done together to invest billions of dollars in housing, downtown and regional economic development and public/private partnerships in communities across the commonwealth are stories that come and go. the 16,000 trees we've planted and the thousands of l.e.d. lights we have installed with our colleagues in local government is just doing our job. each day, the whe