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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


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  • What is the BMSD Comprehensive Plan?
  • Learn about the progress of capital improvement projects,

current investments, and municipal services.

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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.

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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