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The Core of This Campaign is about building Community Governance

This campaign is about building a stronger, smarter, and more inclusive Lynn by putting Community Governance at the heart of city. That means rethinking how local government operates so that residents are not just informed but actively involved in shaping the policies that impact their lives. It means a city that listens first, acts transparently, and partners with the community to shape our city together. It means your voice builds Lynn's future.

Real Voice, Real Power

  • Your voice shouldn’t just matter on Election Day—it should shape decisions year-round through:

    • Regular opportunities for policy dicussion

    • User-friendly feedback tools

    • Clear, consistent, accessible communications

Transparency You Can Trust

  • We’ll go beyond legal requirements to:

    • Publish easy-to-understand materials such as one-page summaries, video explainations, and decision making timetables

    • Show exactly how resident input changed outcomes (or why it didn’t)

Government That Works With You

  • To support bottom-up decisions, we’ll:

    • Co-design policies with residents on issues like housing and safety

    • Train city staff in community engagement best practices

    • Empower neighborhoods with resources to solve local problems

Accountability That Lasts

  • Track progress on public dashboards with clear metrics for:

    • Housing affordability

    • Small business growth

    • Infrastructure improvements

Top 3 Policy Priorities

  1. Housing Affordability & Responsible Development

    • Protect residents from displacement and preserve existing affordable housing, while ensuring new developments contribute to affordability.

    • Partner smart and inclusive Downtown and Waterfront development strategies with ongoing community guidance on mission, vision, and values.

  2. Economic Growth & Small Business Support

    • Multi-year "Buy Local" campaign tied to Lynn’s annual events & upcoming anniversaries

    • Expand regulatory assistance and create additional incentives to start, grow, and support small businesses.

    • Expand workforce training and union with more direct pipelines between Schools, Colleges, and Companies to connect residents to good-paying jobs.

  3. Public Safety & Community Trust

    • Achieve a 24/7 Calm Team for unarmed intervention and response.

    • Build on community policing with supportive training and expanded outreach capacity.

    • Expand emergency preparedness resources, training, and doctrine for future forest fires.

Expanded Platform

Education & Youth Programs

  • After-School & Summer Camp Programs: Expand and support after-school activities, summer camps, and enrichment programs, especially to support working families.

  • Preschool & Daycare: Address the childcare crisis by supporting affordable early education programs and achieving universal pre-K.

  • Youth-Government Partnership: Implement a charter reform establishing a formal youth-government partnership to ensure young people have a voice in city decision-making.

Health & Social Services

  • Access to Care: Look to expand healthcare options by attracting new providers to Lynn while growing existing services, with focus on Lynn Community Health Center and the Lynn VA.

  • Substance Use & Mental Health: Support addiction treatment and prevention programs, as well as mental health services, with a focus on local options.

  • Homelessness Support: Identify opportunities to expand long term housing options for people experiencing homelessness.

  • Senior Care & Aging in Place: Support Lynn’s seniors with a strategy to expand services and activities at the Senior Center, and continually re-examine property tax relief for fixed-income homeowners as cost of living increases.

Infrastructure & Transportation

  • Road Repairs & Sidewalks: Create a clear and transparent timeline for investment in road repairs, sidewalk improvements, and pothole management. 

  • Public Transportation: Advocate for equitable public transportation options including timely completion of Central Square, eletrifying the Commuter Rail, maintaining access to the ferry, and positioning Lynn to receive both state and non-state financial support.

  • Senior Transit: Expand opportunities for shuttles such as a city-skipper services to grocery stores and medical appointments.

Environmental Sustainability & Climate Resilience

  • Stacy’s Brook Solutions: Provide transparency around the funding and timelines for the UltraViolet Light Cleaning test at Kings Beach/Stacy’s Brook outflow. Clearly outline remaining long-term challenges

  • Sustainability Efforts: Outline city-wide initiative focused on ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ policies in city departments and operations.

  • Climate & Weather Preparedness: Regularly update city-community response strategies to the growing threat of wildfires, floods, and icy conditions.

  • Trash & Litter Control: Strengthen efforts to combat littering through increased enforcement and education campaigns. Improve the responsiveness for upkeep of problem areas, timely removal of illegal dumping, and ensure that negligent locations are held accountable for trash management.

Fiscal Responsibility & Transparency

  • Disciplined Spending & Growth Strategies: Ensure disciplined city spending, with targeted growth strategies aimed at closing financial gaps while investing in critical infrastructure, public services, and capital planning.

  • Transparency: Increase transparency by regularly publishing city activity reports and making data easily accessible to the public in graphs and chart format. Simplify processes for residents to track and understand local government actions and operations.


Committee to Elect Jean Fana
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