Parks, Health, and Recreation

Every one with a how attached, a label saying who has to agree, and where it applies, something countable you can hold me to.

1. 4.1

   A Maintenance Standard for our Parks

   The Tom Whitsett restrooms are what started this. But the real problem is that we only fix things when somebody complains loudly enough. A written standard instead — restrooms working, lights working, grass cut, equipment safe — with scheduled inspections and one person responsible. And where budget is the obstacle, go get materials sponsored.

   Hold me to this

   Restroom cost and date obtained within 90 days. Standard adopted in the first year.

   First yearNeeds a council vote

2. 4.2

   A Condition Assessment on All Six Parks

   Lighting, restrooms, equipment, fields, programming — each with a cost and a funding source attached to the line.

   What it unlocks

   Every park grant application, and a rehabilitation schedule instead of a wish list.

   Hold me to this

   All six published within 180 days.

   First 90 daysI can do this alone

3. 4.3

   Rehabilitate the Parks, One at a Time

   Work the assessment into a funded, scheduled program. Not a mowing schedule. Rehabilitation.

   Hold me to this

   At least one funded park project brought to council every year.

   Years 5+Needs a council vote

4. 4.4

   A Safe Place to Walk

   Audit where sidewalks stop, where kids walk to school in the road, where one crosswalk or one light changes things. Some fixes cost a few hundred dollars. Then pursue trail funding. I brought a walking trail grant to that table once and couldn't get it through. I'd like another run at it.

   What it unlocks

   The cheap fixes get done immediately; the audit becomes the trail application.

   Hold me to this

   Audit published within 90 days. Trail application filed in the first eligible cycle.

   First yearNeeds a council vote

5. 4.5

   A Community Garden That Exists

   A site, council approval, and dirt turned. Low cost, first year. It puts a fourteen-year-old and a seventy-year-old on the same row.

   Hold me to this

   Site identified in year one. Planted by the following spring.

   First yearNeeds a council vote

6. 4.6

   A Farmers Market

   A location, a day, and a handful of committed vendors. Extension and the Chamber have done this in other towns and will help. Fresh food, a reason to come downtown on a Saturday, and somewhere local growers can sell.

   Hold me to this

   Operating on a regular schedule within three years.

   Years 2–4Needs a partner

7. 4.7

   Publish What Healthcare Actually Exists Here

   One list. What clinics, providers, pharmacies, screenings, mental health services, and telehealth an Ashburn resident can reach, where, what it costs, who takes what insurance.

   What it unlocks

   It shows exactly where the gaps are, which is the argument we take to any provider we're trying to recruit.

   Hold me to this

   Published in the first year, updated annually.

   First yearI can do this alone

8. 4.8

   Make the Transportation we Have Actually Work

   We have transportation. What we don't have is enough people using it, enough hours to be useful, or a clear picture of where it falls short. Get ridership data, push it hard through the water bill and the churches, then take documented unmet demand to the county and the Regional Commission. Low ridership gets cut. Documented demand gets expanded.

   What it unlocks

   A numbers-based case for expanded service, instead of asking the county for a favor.

   Hold me to this

   Ridership data obtained and published within the first year.

   First yearNeeds a partner

9. 4.9

   Chase What we Can Actually Land

   A clinic. A federally qualified health center satellite. Telehealth access points. Mobile screening and dental units. These exist in towns our size and nobody here is currently asking for them.

   Hold me to this

   At least one provider or program formally approached every year.

   Years 5+Needs a partner