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Goal 5:  A City that is Open and Welcoming to Visitors This goal focuses on the delivery of cohesive City experience that incorporates inclusive art and culture to its residents and visitors Public Art – Showcasing beautiful art throughout the City of Jackson Way-finding System – a downtown system that has signage which will direct...

Goal 4:  A Growing Tax Base with Occupational OpportunitiesThis goal focuses on economic development, growth, and capacity building for Jackson’s corporations, small and disadvantaged businesses, and emerging markets. New economic activity is linked to decreasing levels of poverty through employment and living wagesFarish Street – Establishing a thriving business district that offers entertainment, restaurants, arts...

Goal 3:  Thriving Educational System This goal focuses on an educational system that aligns early childhood education, excellence in public K-12 education, and a durable bridge to higher education Better Together Commission - Partnership with the Governor, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Jackson Public Schools Board, and the community to transform the Jackson Public Schools District to...

Goal 2:  Affordable Homes in Safe Neighborhoods This goal focuses on “Whole Neighborhoods” with low crime, integrated commerce, and housing with a diversity of income levels. Functional infrastructure with preventative maintenance. Blight Elimination –Design and execute a blight elimination strategy that will reduce blight by 25% by 2021 Integrated Infrastructure Plan - Design and implement...

Goal 1:  Healthy Citizens This goal focuses on the physical and mental health of citizens and communities through providing clean air, clean water, availability of healthy food, and recreation Water/Sewer Billing -  Redesigning and implementing a meter-to-cash solution that will increase revenue and funding for the City’s negotiated consent decree. Consent Decree Modification  - Renegotiating...

Executive Summary Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s shared vision for Jackson’s future is the result of city-wide public engagement.  Through community engagement, citizens provided ideas, approaches, and strategies on how to grow Jackson’s economy, create job growth, and ensure economic revitalization throughout Jackson’s neighborhoods. These ideas were brought together into a new economic model based on...