One Baltimore

The “One Baltimore” Plan will consider the fact that approximately 640,000 people with diverse ethnic and socio-economic histories live inside of Baltimore city. Therefore, the plan is an integrated strategic plan that is designed to meet all people in each neighborhood at their level of need and help them to help themselves.

The fundamental purpose of the “One Baltimore” Plan is to create “One Baltimore” where local government is accessible to the people where they live and is working with the people as they work together to solve problems and promote development in their neighborhood. Hence, the total population will be divided into 55 geographical areas (clusters of Baltimore’s 260 neighborhoods) designated as community statistical areas (CSAs)* by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance.

Each cluster will consist of a 10 member Neighborhood Public Service Team (NPST). Each NPST will create a specific strategic plan that relates to the geographical area for which they are responsible.

ORGANIZATION: The members of the NPST will report to a “Deputy Mayor.” The official title, role and responsibility of each member are as follows:

Health Official: A local government employee who monitors matters pertaining health issues in the geographical area.

Workforce Development Official: A local government employee who monitors the unemployment, job training, and job placement status in the geographical area.

Business Development Official: A local government employee who connects business leaders to public and private institutions in the geographical area.

Housing Official: A local government employee who monitors the state of homelessness to housing in the geographical area

School Improvement Official: A local government employee who monitors the state of student attendance, academic achievement, and school climate in schools within the geographical area.

Environmental Justice Official: A local government employee who monitors the sanitary environmental conditions in the geographical area.

Family Advocacy Official: A local government employee who establishes relationships with families in neighborhoods and informs them about services available to them.

Recreation and After School Official: A local government employee who monitors the available and quality recreation and after school programs in the geographical area.

Drug Treatment Official: A local government employee who helps identify and coordinate opportunities for drug treatment in the geographical area.

Public Safety and Gang Redirection Official: A local government employee who works in schools and neighborhoods within the geographical area to redirect gang activity.

These NPST officials will be trained as team members and individual experts in their field. NPST officials will serve as partners with neighborhood organization leaders to ensure that the geographical area for which they are responsible improves.

I will inspire the NPST officials to perceive the geographical area as a “town” for which they are responsible for governing. We must insist that people in neighborhoods get to know each other by need and name. In other words, we must command the space. Support and resources for NPST will be distributed by department heads who sit in the mayor’s cabinet.

The success of the “One Baltimore” Plan depends on consistent management, leadership and work practices of NPST officials. The success of the “One Baltimore” Plan will be determined by neighborhood workers’ ability to collectively reach goals in the following strategic areas of the Neighborhood Public Service Team Plan:

Health
Workforce Development
Business Development
Housing
Education
Family Advocacy
Recreation and After School Program
Drug Treatment
Public Safety and Gang Redirection
Environmental Justice

FUNDING: The management support and required monetary resources for NPST will be budgeted for and distributed to the neighborhoods by department heads who sit in the Mayor’s cabinet. Additional funding when needed, will be made available to neighborhoods from the “One Baltimore” Fund developed by the Mayor for economic development and social development in “One Baltimore.”

TIMELINE: The “One Baltimore” Plan is an integrated strategic plan with the expected outcomes to be achieved within a 3-year timeframe from implementation.

In conclusion, while a plan indicates that thought has been given to a matter, a plan is not worth the paper it is written on if the strategies in it are not effectively executed. I will continue to travel to every corner of this city to not only discuss the “One Baltimore” Plan but to describe relevant strategies that will make the plan come to life. As I walk and talk to citizens across this city, they tell me constantly that they want to see public education improve and the employment rate increase. Therefore, full employment and improved education will be at the foundation of the work we will do in every neighborhood. Strategies that will help this foundation become solid will be executed at the same time.

“The multiple problems in Baltimore City that have us in a state of emergency will not be solved by any particular man or woman. It will, however, take an effective integrated strategic plan and smart work to change our conditions.”

Committee to Elect Dr. Andrey Bundley N. Jean Lema, Treasurer


*The diagram and text above was excerpted from www.andreybundleyformayor.com*