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Riviera Beach mayor previews draft action plan focusing on water, housing, jobs and communications
Summary
Mayor Douglas Lawson presented a draft action plan built from resident listening sessions that lists seven priorities — including water and infrastructure, affordable housing and improved communications — and asked council members for one-on-one meetings to fold priorities into the fiscal budget.
Mayor Douglas Lawson on Aug. 20 presented a draft "action plan" compiled from city listening sessions and asked council members to meet one-on-one so the plan's recommendations can be considered during the upcoming budget process.
Lawson told the Riviera Beach City Council the draft centers on seven priorities: quality water and infrastructure; affordable workforce housing and homeownership; economic and small-business growth; education and school readiness; transparent governance and employee morale; social services and community care; and branding, marketing and communications.
The mayor said the communications work is the nucleus of the plan. "The number 1 priority outside of these 7 things was branding,…
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