Thirteen Ways to Fix Columbia
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. Shortly after he was elected, Mayor Steve Benjamin put together eight transition committees to assess Columbia's strengths and weaknesses and come up with tangible ideas to improve the city. Below are 13 of the ideas that emerged from the committees' report. Please select the five best ideas on this list.
You may also comment below in support of or against any of the ideas listed -- or add ideas of your own.
Shortly after he was elected, Mayor Steve Benjamin put together eight transition committees to assess Columbia's strengths and weaknesses and come up with tangible ideas to improve the city. Below are 13 of the ideas that emerged from the committees' report. Please select the five best ideas on this list. You may also comment below in support of or against any of the ideas listed -- or add ideas of your own.
Change to a mayor-council government
Charge for trash service by volume
Adopt a zero-based budget
Hire a city arts director
Hire the sheriff
Kick-start the arts culture downtown
Create a local housing trust fund
Get more positive press for Columbia
Create arts incubators in city neighborhoods
Annex all the doughnut holes
Plant 10,000 trees
Consolidate services — starting with garbage pickup
Build a high-speed rail system
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