Affordable housing benefits our community.

The city appropriated $5.2 million in this year’s budget the largest ever for affordable housing.

The City and County have taken steps by assembling a group of stakeholders to give local governments recommendations, which will be adopted to add more workforce housing in our community.

We must also continue working with the private sectors as well as local and state non-profits.

In 2020, we formulated a Clean Energy Task Force that created a policy to reduce green house emissions by 100% by 2050.

Working to reduce the city's reliance and use of fossil fuels in fleet and building operations.

Promote renewable energy and reduce harmful energy-related environmental impacts.

Created Wilmington Tree Initiative with the goal to plant 1739 trees by the Fall 2021.

Develop partnerships with businesses, schools, neighborhood associations and other organizations to promote tree planting on both public and private property.

We lobbied Federal, State and EPA officials for more over-site into the Cape Fear River and are proud of the fact that Wilmington was chosen by the American Lung Association as one of the cities in the U.S, with the cleanest air.

Through coordination with law enforcement on the federal, state and city level we are combining our efforts and creating a Unified Gang Task Force.

Investing money in cutting edge technology.

Increasing our uniform presence in areas with high crime.

Working with the state legislature on a gang injunction legislation.

Funding our police department to provide all the tools necessary to protect our community.