A Promising Future Awaits

The Big 6 Plan!

1. Public Safety

Goal: Ensure safer neighborhoods through trust-building with residents, modernization, and smart enforcement.

Strategies:

Community Policing: Increase foot patrols and neighborhood liaison officers to build relationships with the residents in the community.

Violence Prevention Programs: Invest in youth outreach, conflict mediation, and gun violence interruption programs.

Police Accountability: Implement transparent oversight mechanisms and weekly updates to neighborhood presidents.

Smart Technology: Use data analytics to allocate resources efficiently and prevent crime hotspots.

Incentives for recruited police officers that’s from Birmingham.

2. Mental Health Awareness

Goal: Normalize mental health conversations and increase access to care.

Strategies:

Crisis Response Teams: Deploy trained mental health professionals alongside or instead of police in non-violent crises.

School & Workplace Initiatives: Offer mental health education and access to support services.

Community Clinics: Expand funding for low-cost or free mental health clinics.

Awareness Campaigns: Launch culturally sensitive, multilingual campaigns to destigmatize mental health.

3. Housing Affordability

Goal: Make sure every resident can afford a safe, stable place to live.

Strategies:

Affordable Housing Development: Use public private partnerships to build mixed-income housing.

Zoning Reform: Support zoning updates to allow for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and multifamily homes.

Tenant Protections: Enforce fair housing laws and support rent stabilization efforts.

Vacancy Taxes: Penalize long term vacant properties to encourage occupancy and investment.

4. Job Opportunity for Everyone

Goal: Build an inclusive economy that works for all residents.

Strategies:

Workforce Development: Expand vocational training and apprenticeship programs.

Local Hiring Initiatives: Give incentives for businesses that hire locally, especially in underserved areas.

Small Business Support: Streamline permitting and provide grants or microloans to entrepreneurs.

Reentry & Disability Inclusion: Prioritize job pathways for returning citizens and those with disabilities.

5. Home Ownership

Goal: Open the door to generational wealth through accessible homeownership.

Strategies:

First-Time Buyer Programs: Provide down payment assistance and financial literacy education.

Credit Building Support: Partner with nonprofits to help residents improve credit scores.

Community Land Trusts: Prevent displacement by enabling affordable ownership of land and housing.

Anti-Speculation Laws: Regulate corporate bulk home buying that prices out families.

6. Community Engagement

Goal: Ensure government reflects and serves every corner of the city.

Strategies:

Neighborhood Association Empowerment. Reintroducing the neighborhood associations in the 99 neighborhoods to all residents in Birmingham.

Raising the neighborhood association annual appropriations from $2,000 to $6,000.

Working closely with all neighborhood leaders.

Bringing back city neighborhood fun days in the 99 neighborhoods.

Creating easier access to local government for resident questions and concerns.

Funeral Assistance: To families of homicide victims that are Birmingham residents.

Community Travel: Creating a new program for residents to go on a vacation with their family members.

Revitalize: Modernize all park and recreation centers to create a better environment for residents.

Continuations from current administration are: street pavement, Birmingham promise and sidewalk repairs.

In the next four years we will witness significant enhancements to the quality of life in Birmingham. We will strive to ensure that your tax dollars are allocated with good judgement!