Issues
Restoring trust in local government
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Working together, collaborating, compromise, and negotiationing to find solutions
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Increasing transparency, accountability, responsiveness, and communication
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Gathering community input
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Including community members in planning
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Strategic planning for short term and long term goals
Investing in neighborhoods
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Working with neighborhoods to identify needs
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Connect community with resources, incorporate social services into community spaces
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Celebrate Warren’s diversity
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Promote affordable housing supplies to prospective homeowners
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Partner with nonprofit organizations that refurbish and improve energy efficiencies for unoccupied homes
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Develop mixed use housing by repurposing unutilized buildings
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Bolster the network of affordable and accessible childcare providers
Parks and Recreation
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Inclusive parks for everyone children, adults, people with disabilities, dnd seniors
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Access to clean bathrooms while visiting parks
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Community planning for parks
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More program offerings from Parks and Recreation
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Utilize community centers more
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Youth engagement for education, entertainment, and employment
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Connecting neighbors socially utilizing parks
Economic development supporting small businesses
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Plan projects that return federal and state tax dollars to the community
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Apply for grant, philanthropic, and public-private partnerships
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Partner with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation on
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Organize trainings for residents looking to develop or grow a business
Serving Seniors
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Support community members aging in place where they are familiar and comfortable
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Increase connectivity and decrease social isolation
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Offer a greater range of recreational programming
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Working on public transit barriers
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Connect senior to services available to help fixed incomes go further
Climate Sustainable Solutions
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Preserve Green Spaces, reclaim natural spaces, plant trees
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Build out Electric Vehicle infrastructure at government building, parks, and local businesses
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Integrate sustainable renewable energy sources like solar and geothermal
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Identify paved surfaces like parking lots that could be replaced with semipermeable surfaces