AFFORDABLE HOUSING:
$90 Million since 2001 for Affordable Housing
A Joint Resolution of the County Executive and Montgomery County Council to annually dedicate 2.5% of the property tax or $16 million, whichever is greater to the housing trust fund. In 2007 $29.6 Million was dedicated.
In addition there have been commitments for:
- 1500 units of affordable & work force housing at Shady Grove
- 600 affordable & workforce housing units on public land
- 281 affordable units on the private development Crown Farms in
Gaithersburg
EDUCATION:
All-day kindergarten in all Montgomery County public schools
TRANSPORTATION:
Passage of the first major reform of the taxi industry in fifteen years
Taxi companies in Montgomery County now have to achieve minimum service
standards to continue their work in the county, including picking up most
customers within twenty minutes.
IMMIGRATION
$3M Appropriation request for USCIS Immigration Office in Montgomery County
AIM successfully formed a bi-partisan effort to open USCIS (formerly known as
INS) office in Montgomery County. Congressman Chris Van Hollen requested $3M
appropriation to open a center. Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele set up
meeting with Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security to help move campaign
forward.
INCREASED VOTER PARTICIPATION
AIM increased voter participation by 28% in a low voting precinct in
Gaithersburg over other low voting Gaithersburg precincts. (Low voting
precinct is defined by less than 25% voter participation in midterm
elections.) There were 100 AIM leaders who went door to door and 109 AIM
leaders who made phone calls to infrequent voters. This was research and
development for AIM leaders to see if AIM’s style of relational organizing can
be used to increase voting of infrequent voters
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Rumble strips and a flashing light at the Scotland Community
The Scotland Community is a historic African American community that consists
of 100 Affordable Housing units in the midst of Potomac, MD. Scotland school
children must cross a busy road to get to their school bus. Last year, a
person was hit by a car crossing the road.
Bus stop benches, snow clearing, and bus shelters for the Willow Manor
Senior Apartments.
New Signs and traffic features in:
- Downtown Silver Spring
- Colesville
- Boyds
COMMUNITY CENTERS
