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• 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

• pment 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

• ns 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
• pportunity selection
• Provide incentives to local businesses

• PRIORITIES
• Training programs for Youth, Job Access,

Elderly: digital, self help, job skills, business

• wnership
• 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;

qualified Black contractors.

• Ensure that contractors and employees

are "qualified" and not delinquents

• Help improve education and literacy
• Update community parks
• More streetscaping and landscaping

• 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