Better Community

Issues important to Misty are included below but to hear more of her ideas, listen to the debates and interviews as she discusses these ideas.
 

https://omny.fm/shows/jim-leach-show/mayoral-debate-1-012523
 

https://omny.fm/shows/jim-leach-show/mayoral-debate-2-012523

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• • Public Safety

    • Redesign recruitment strategies for hiring to expand the neighborhood police officers so there is one in every Ward. 

    • Expand the Shot Spotter program so that our police officers have timely and expanded data at their fingertips to be proactive.

    • Increase the number of police officers on the street to drastically reduce response time. View the video here.

 

• • Inclusion

    • Expand the diversity hiring to include more women and minorities in all roles, especially in leadership positions.

 

• • Homelessness

    • Support the professionals with Heartland Housed to reach functional zero in five years and assist in following the strategic plan. https://heartlandhoused.org/2022/08/18/our-plan/
      
      
      
      
       

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• • Job Growth

    • Misty will be the “sales person” for the City inviting and meeting with industry leaders and companies to attract business to Springfield. 

    • Seek out those companies that offer higher paying jobs as in technology, healthcare, STEM, business or legal professionals.