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Gaithersburg REDI office reports internal gains, cites departmental policy wins
Summary
The city's REDI office told the mayor and council it has grown capacity and produced 22 policies through cross-department cohorts, with staff survey measures of perceived inclusiveness rising since 2023. The office emphasized slow, trust-based community engagement and named equity leads across departments.
Hazel, the city's REDI program manager, told the mayor and council on Feb. 23 that the office's three-year effort to align city systems around racial equity is focused on "aligning our systems, our policies, our practices, and procedures" to produce equitable outcomes.
Hazel said the office administers a biennial REDI survey and reported improvements between 2023 and 2025: 91.1% of staff described the organization as a diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace (a near 4% increase), 97% said examining REDI principles is valuable, and 81.1% reported active involvement in advancing REDI at work.…
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