The Ashburn Comeback Plan

Building Our Community From the Inside Out.

James Burgess · Ashburn City Council

65commitments across 8 areas12 in the first 90 days

Every commitment says what gets done, how, and when. Some I can do on my own. Some need a council vote. Some need a partner outside City Hall. A what without a how is just a wish. This is a living plan: every change is dated and listed on the plan changes page.

1Know Your City

1.1Who Does What, and How to Get Something Fixed90 days
1.2How to Show Up90 days
1.3Tell You When I Lose90 days
1.4A Town Hall Before the Budget, not AfterYear 1
1.5Civics for our StudentsYrs 2–4
1.6One List of Who's Already HelpingYear 1
1.7A Scorecard for This Whole Plan90 days

2Our Young People

2.1Audit the Youth Resource Center90 days
2.2An Operating Plan, and the Doors OpenYrs 2–4
2.3Build it on Partners, not One OrganizationYear 1
2.4Young People at the TableYrs 2–4
2.5A Paid Summer Work ProgramYrs 2–4
2.6Childcare Parents Can Count OnYrs 2–4

3Our Neighborhoods

3.1Publish the Condition List90 days
3.2A Repair Schedule, not a Complaint LineYrs 2–4
3.3Find Out What's Driving Your Water BillYear 1
3.4A Cleanup Schedule for the Whole CityYear 1
3.5Publish a Land InventoryYrs 2–4
3.6Fix What's Still StandingYrs 2–4
3.7Get People from Renting to OwningYear 1
3.8A Plan for Housing People Here Can AffordYear 1
3.9Work with the Housing Authority, not Around ItYear 1
3.10Don't Wait for the Sewer Plant to FailYear 1
3.11Count Who's Sleeping Outside, Then HelpYrs 2–4
3.12Ditches That Drain Before the Next Big RainYear 1
3.13Every Part of Town Gets Its Fair ShareYrs 2–4

4Parks, Health, and Recreation

4.1A Maintenance Standard for our ParksYear 1
4.2A Condition Assessment on All Five ParksYear 1
4.3Rehabilitate the Parks, One at a TimeYrs 5+
4.4A Safe Place to WalkYear 1
4.5A Community Garden That ExistsYrs 2–4
4.6A Farmers MarketYrs 2–4
4.7Publish What Healthcare Actually Exists HereYear 1
4.8Make the Transportation we Have Actually WorkYrs 2–4
4.9Bring the Care We're Missing to TownYrs 2–4
4.10A Way Back for People in RecoveryYear 1

5Our Elders and Veterans

5.1Help our Veterans Get What They've EarnedYear 1
5.2A City Update That Reaches EverybodyYear 1
5.3Somewhere to Be, not Just Somewhere to LiveYrs 2–4
5.4Veterans Mentoring our Young PeopleYrs 2–4
5.5Help Older Folks Keep the Homes They OwnYear 1

6Public Safety

6.1Publish Response TimesYear 1
6.2Stop Training Officers for Other CitiesYear 1
6.3Grant Funding for our Police DepartmentYear 1
6.4Light the Dark StreetsYear 1
6.5Loose Dogs and Stray AnimalsYear 1
6.6Stronger Fire Protection for Every HouseYear 1

7Running City Hall Right

7.1You'll Know Before and After90 days
7.2Posted Hours You Can Find Me90 days
7.3Get the Audits Caught Up, and Keep Them on Time90 days
7.4Build a Grant PipelineYear 1
7.5Show up to the Regional Commission90 days
7.6Where the City's Money Goes, in Plain English90 days
7.7A Technology AuditYrs 2–4
7.8Strong Leaders and Staff at City HallYear 1
7.9Ask the State How it Can HelpYear 1
7.10Tell You Before Your Taxes Go UpYear 1

8Business, Downtown, and I-75

8.1Put our Development Authorities Back to WorkYear 1
8.2Listen to Business Owners, the Ones Who Left and the Ones Still Here90 days
8.3Put Teeth in our OrdinancesYrs 2–4
8.4The Exit and Downtown Are One ProblemYrs 2–4
8.5Bring Downtown BackYrs 5+
8.6Follow the Hotel-motel TaxYear 1
8.7Better Jobs for the People Already HereYrs 2–4
8.8Find Where the Internet Drops OffYrs 2–4