★ The plan
Platform & Key Priorities
Five priorities, each measured the same way: does it change conditions on the block for the family living there?
Quality Life. Roads. Community.
Priority 1
Safe & Affordable Housing
A home you can afford, on a block that is cared for.
- Return vacant and blighted property to owner-occupied housing instead of letting it decay
- Expand pathways to first-time homeownership for renters already rooted in the neighborhood
- Hold negligent absentee owners accountable for the condition of their property
- Protect longtime residents from being priced out of blocks they helped hold together
Priority 2
Supporting Children, Youth & Families
Young people need somewhere to be and someone expecting them.
- After-school, summer, and weekend programming in the neighborhoods with the fewest options
- Stronger coordination between the city, schools, libraries, and youth-serving nonprofits
- Safe parks, playgrounds, and community centers that stay open and staffed
- Family supports — childcare access, food security, and mentorship — treated as public priorities
Priority 3
Economic Opportunity, High-Wage Jobs & Business Growth
Growth that reaches the people already living here.
- Recruit and grow employers offering high-wage, career-track jobs, not just headcount
- Real access to city contracting and capital for minority-owned and small businesses
- Workforce training tied to the trades, infrastructure, and health jobs the city is actually hiring for
- Support corridors of small businesses as neighborhood anchors, not afterthoughts
Priority 4
Community Livability & Public Safety Partnerships
Safety is built with neighbors, not delivered to them.
- Genuine partnership between residents and law enforcement, with accountability on both sides
- Invest in prevention: lighting, code enforcement, violence interruption, and mental-health response
- Cleaner, walkable streets — mowed lots, cleared alleys, repaired sidewalks
- Neighborhood associations treated as partners in decisions that affect their blocks
Priority 5
Comprehensive City Infrastructure
The basics, delivered everywhere, on purpose.
- Clean, reliable drinking water for every household
- Efficient drainage and wastewater systems that stop repeat flooding
- Modern recycling and solid waste service residents can count on
- Public transit that runs where and when working people actually need it
- Air quality monitoring and action in the neighborhoods carrying the heaviest burden