Stoney economic plan includes goals for lowering poverty rate, generating $3 billion in development
“The mayor said the plan would act as a ‘roadmap to economic prosperity,’ outlining five specific goals and strategies related to community engagement, real estate development, education and retaining and adding businesses.
‘Good economic development is economic empowerment,” Stoney said in a news conference announcing the introduction of the plan. ‘We believe that ambitious goals and targeted strategies improve the quality of life for all of our people. But true economic empowerment requires economic justice.'”