Driving equitable growth, empowering small businesses, and creating opportunities that strengthen our community.
Jaime’s Vision for a Stronger Lancaster City
An Economy that Works
Government that Delivers
Leading with integrity, accountability, and action to meet the needs of every resident and build trust in our city’s future.
A City Built for Everyone
Ensuring safe streets, quality housing, and a community where every person has the tools they need to succeed.
An Economy That Works
Driving equitable growth, empowering small businesses, and creating opportunities that strengthen our community.
Support Growing Small Businesses
Make it easier for our neighbors to build small businesses in every corner of our city, fostering entrepreneurship and creating good paying jobs for our residents.
Promote Lancaster’s Small Business Community
Support small businesses by expanding tourism, promotion, and placemaking efforts to attract visitors from across the county and region to Lancaster City.
Build on the Comprehensive Plan
Implement the comprehensive plan in a way that brings people together and ensures progress reaches everyone in the city.
Increase Opportunities for Resident Input
Create a directory of all Boards, Commissions, and Authorities and create a single application for appointment open to all residents.
Government That Delivers
Leading with integrity, accountability, and action to meet the needs of every resident and build trust in our city’s future.
Strong Fiscal Management
Make sure each and every tax dollar is put to its best use, managed effectively, and properly accounted for by increasing budget reporting to the public.
Streamlined Permits and Applications
Review permit applications to make them simpler to complete and easier to approve, all while maintaining safety and compliance with data-backed best practices.
Improved Efficiency
Modernize processes to make your government as efficient as possible, including utilizing technology to reduce errors and improve customer service.
Keep Water Clean and Affordable
Make sure our water system continues to deliver clean, safe water to residents even in the face of changing state and federal regulations that threaten affordability.
A City Built for Everyone
Ensuring safe streets, quality housing, and a community where every person has the tools they need to succeed.
Improve Street Safety
Make sure our streets are safe for everyone who uses them by implementing street safety improvements throughout the city, and better explain to residents how these help.
Make Housing More Affordable
Update zoning laws to allow more types of housing and streamline the land development process, helping spur more housing to be built across the spectrum of sizes and costs.
Host Resident Town Halls
Hold quarterly meetings to hear directly from residents about what matters to them, as well as share updates on projects that impact their neighborhoods.
Increase Youth Involvement
Establish a Youth Advisory Council to hear directly from our city’s youth about what’s important to them, as well as appoint youth as advisors to select Boards, Commissions, and Authorities.