OUR PLATFORM – AN ACTION AGENDA
As Mayor, my focus and daily work will be guided by these priorities. Please email me with your thoughts and ideas, hopes and dreams and ways you can contribute to bring these ideas to life.
VISION: Invest in Young People to Improve Neighborhoods
ACTION: Launch City Action Corps, Expand Mayor’s Summer Youth, and expand community programming.
RESULTS: Supportive mentoring, training, and purposeful work for young adults in every community across the City improves neighborhood safety, neighborhood pride, workforce development, and economic self sufficiency.
VISION: Affordable, High Quality, Safe Housing for Everyone
ACTION: Targeted code enforcement, strategic planning & investment, efficient use of resources, collaborative process for building design.
RESULTS: Reduced demolitions, higher quality new-builds, affordable homes for every citizen.
VISION: Improve Food Access and Expand Community Agriculture
ACTION: Leverage vacant city owned land to expand community agriculture. Invest in local, locally owned food coops to improve access and availability of fresh produce, groceries, and personal care items.
RESULTS: Everyone can get food in their neighborhood, nobody goes hungry.
VISION: Engage Neighbors First
ACTION: Launch Neighbors Building Neighborhoods: an initiative where our communities direct decision making, planning, and problem solving.
RESULTS: Our changemakers and organizational leaders have a seat at the table and a voice in making local decisions.
VISION: Expand Civic Participation
ACTION: City-wide civic engagement campaign (partnering with the schools), term limits and voter reforms.
RESULTS: Increased participation at the polls and inspiration for the next generation of community leaders and changemakers.
VISION: Tell the world about Buffalo – let’s NOT keep Buffalo a secret
ACTION: Expand Tourism by five million visitors per year and grow our population by 50,000 in ten years through a nationwide marketing effort.
RESULTS: With every new resident or new tourist, with every new business setting up shop in Buffalo we grow our tax base, we grow our businesses, and we stabilize our communities.
VISION: Re-envision transportation for the next century.
ACTION: Remove Two Urban Highways.
RESULTS: Improved connectivity throughout the city, revitalized commercial corridors that expand economic opportunities and investment, and a fully restored Olmsted Parkway system to improve health outcomes, reconnect neighborhoods, and expand tourism.
VISION: Create a Culture of Care at all departments at City Hall
ACTION: Build a world class leadership team to lead city departments, initiatives and fundraising.
RESULTS: Improve the efficient delivery of city services, reduce legal settlements, build trust between police and the communities they serve, and address quality of life issues with diligence and care.
