- Expand affordable and workforce housing to ensure stability, safety, and dignity for every family.

- Prioritize anti-displacement strategies that keep long-time residents rooted in their communities.

- Support community-driven development with non-profits and grassroots organizations already doing the work on the ground in Mecklenburg County.

- Expand county mental health crisis services, especially community-based support for teens and adults.

- Strengthen preventative healthcare, reproductive care access, and mobile health services.

- Coordinate schools, nonprofits, and public-health departments so families don’t have to navigate a maze alone.

- Support expanded, affordable public transit that connects people to jobs, schools, healthcare, and cultural life by utilizing funds in the Inflation Reduction Act.

- Improve sidewalks, bike lanes, lighting, and safe crossings in underinvested neighborhoods first.

- Push for transit planning that centers disabled residents, low-income riders, and transit-dependent communities.

- Invest in youth programs and community-led safety strategies that address root causes, not symptoms.

- Hold law enforcement accountable for transparency in interactions with county residents.

- Ensure county agencies work to end intimidation, profiling, and fear-based tactics, restoring trust between public institutions and the people they serve.

- Protect air and water quality, preserve tree canopy, and expand accessible green space through community gardens, access to bike lanes, and creating 15-minute neighborhoods

- Champion renewable energy programs by taking advantage of funds available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

- Ensure environmental justice: frontline Black and brown neighborhoods should not bear disproportionate pollution.

- Expand early-childhood education, youth workforce pipelines, and support for small local businesses.

- Fund programs that dismantle racial wealth gaps and support first-time homebuyers.

- Ensure county dollars lift families up – not bury them in paperwork and institutional barriers.

• Support liveable wages and access to proper resources for all teachers.

• Address the lack of third spaces for our youth in Mecklenburg County to build community and offer educational opportunities outside of the traditional school settings.

• Invest in school upgrades across the county, including in electric buses, solar panels, and more, to ensure every student has access to the resources and structures they need to thrive.