Getting Things Done for Baltimore

In Your Neighborhood

• Mayor Dixon secured approximately $3.5 million to provide for over 400 affordable housing units across the city, including the Ruscombe Gardens Apartments. The complex will receive an addition $15 million in bonds for substantial renovations and operating expenses for this affordable housing complex that serves the elderly and persons with disabilities for at least the next 30 years.
• Mayor Dixon provided over $150,000 for the Young and Future Scholars after-school program at Arlington Elementary.
• Mayor Dixon secured $500,000 for the KIPP Ujima Village Academy to assist with their operations and expand their enrollment.

Across the City

• Mayor Dixon worked to receive a grant from the federal government to continue the "Operation Safe Streets" program. Operation Safe Streets is a community-based intervention program focused on reducing shootings and homicides.
• Mayor Dixon announced a comprehensive strategy to curb the trafficking and possession of illegal guns in Baltimore. The key elements of the strategy include an illegal gun taskforce, legislation to create a gun offender registry, and the creation of GunStat to track gun crimes.
• Mayor Dixon implemented a new public safety strategy designed to address violent crime through targeted enforcement, community engagement and partnerships with state and federal agencies.
• Mayor Dixon is working to improve Baltimore's roads. She announced Operation Orange Cone which expects to complete 148.5 miles of transportation infrastructure upgrades across the city by mid-November.
• Mayor Dixon re-established the Baltimore Commission for Women which will focus on advancing supporting legislation that would improve the lives of women and combat gender discrimination.
• Mayor Dixon supported the YouthWorks summer jobs program which aims to employ 5,500 area teens to work this summer.
• Mayor Dixon doubled the city's contribution to Community Development Block Grants from last year, providing $6 million to provide affordable housing for hard working Baltimore residents.
• Mayor Dixon announced a new city policy to promote better access to housing for persons with disabilities.
• Mayor Dixon signed the Baltimore "residents first" executive order that encourages those who do business with the City government to hire City residents.
• Mayor Dixon championed and signed a comprehensive smoking ban. The ban was coupled with a program to help City residents quit smoking.
• Mayor Dixon created a traffic task force to look into solutions for improving traffic flows and promoting mass transit solutions.
• Mayor Dixon announced a historic agreement for cooperation in the event of a bio-terrorist attack or public health catastrophe that ensures cooperation with emergency services mobilization and allows for the City to plan and coordinate a response through the City operations center.
• Mayor Dixon unveiled a budget with a $19 million surplus.
• Mayor Dixon will increase the Fire Department's budget by $4.8 million to ensure that the department is properly trained and prepared to respond quickly to fire emergencies.
• Mayor Dixon secured $637,000 for the Maryland Food Bank to train cooks and repackage bulk foods to serve more Baltimore residents.
• Mayor Dixon launched a new HIV awareness campaign.
• Mayor Dixon launched the B'More Healthy Campaign to encourage city residents to take 10 steps to improve their health, prevent illness, and preserve well-being.
• Mayor Dixon helped the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) secure a US Department of Education grant totaling $995,283 that will fund the Teaching American History in Authentic Baltimore program.
• Mayor Dixon announced that citizens can pay a variety of City bills online.
• Mayor Dixon began the implementation of a six-point plan designed to increase the number and quality of new city police officers. This includes an increase in the Police Department's Recruitment goals.
• Mayor Sheila Dixon established a Sustainability Manager position in the Department of Planning, who will develop a sustainability and environmental management program for the City of Baltimore.
• To keep Baltimore clean, Mayor Dixon has championed legislation that allows the city to ensure real estate owners keep their properties clean. Click here for the Mayor's Clean, Green agenda!