Learn about the progress of capital improvement projects, current - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• What is the BMSD Comprehensive Plan? • Learn about the progress of capital improvement projects, current investments, and municipal services.

What is the BMSD Comprehensive Plan? • A Plan that identifies the pr princi nciples ples and strat rategies egies for the ba balanced nced future economic, social, environmental, and physical de development opment of the BMSD. • It reflects the community’s vision and the local government’s co commit mitmen ment to implement the plan. • The principles and strategies gu guide de fu future e de decisi sions ons in a consistent manner and contain activities to ensure the Comprehensive Plan is implemented.

- PRIORITIES  Promote resident participation in the economy  Small business assistance, particularly to bridge the digital divide  Promote businesses ownership by residents  Reflect local demographics in employment opportunity selection  Provide incentives to local businesses

- PRIORITIES  Training programs for Youth, Job Access, Elderly: digital, self help, job skills, business ownership  Repair old homes and provide maintenance assistance programs  Complete, improve and maintain drains and local drainage system  Assistance with local planting and gardening

- PRIORITIES  Slow down traffic; prioritize the implementation of speed humps  Look at promoting solar lighting  Increase street lighting on NW 27th and Sistrunk near the cemetery  Improve street drainage  More BSO presence

 Promote/establish local farmers market to encourage healthy eating .  Healthy food events; "healthy food" trucks  Increase visibility of the community garden, create programs for kids and promote volunteering  Plan improvements block by block  Allow local contractors to qualify for CBE;  Help improve education and literacy qualified Black contractors.  Update community parks  Ensure that contractors and employees  More streetscaping and landscaping are "qualified" and not delinquents

- PRIORITIES  Increase security: Crime Watch, Neighborhood Policing; eliminate block parties  Improve relationship with BSO: better communication, neighborhood policing, increase patrolling & availability  Increase Youth Programs and job training  Remove boarded up houses & improve gateways