We know that Myrtle Beach is the heart of the Grand-Strand . Myrtle Beach is really where it all
began!, but over the years many parts of Myrtle Beach have been very neglected and run down
I see Myrtle Beach as a gem by the sea and I see what Myrtle Beach can become with the right
leadership in place. I have a vision to bringing new life back to the heart of Myrtle Beach,
When you have vision then you can't imagine the thing you see not happening. I see a
cleaner, safer, more family friendly myrtle beach. I really do see a gem by the sea. I see new
investments, new development and new Job opportunities for year around employment and I see a
real bright future for our city, Below are a few action items that I will immediately begin to
focus in order to see this vision become a reality.
1. Redevelop Downtown and South mixed use areas
a. Work with the city manager, DRC and other city agencies to attract good clean ethical
business.
b. Create incentives, offer credit vouchers to help attract new investors
c. Become more business friendly, making it easier for ethical business to function and
make it harder for unethical business to function.
d. Become more open minded to new creative Ideas coming into our area.
2. Public Safety a top priority
a. Increase compensation for our police and emergency responders, the compensation must meet
the occupational risk and this will in turn slow down the turn over rate of our police.
b. Seek out and hire more qualified trained police to handle the influx of our populations growth.
c. Reduce crime city wide, keeping our neighborhoods safe, streets safe and public areas safe.
d. Invest more into community neighborhood programs and building a greater sense of
community.
e. Improve lighting in many parts of our city and neighborhoods.
3. Protect our number one asset:
a. Make sure our beaches are kept clean, healthy and safe and keeping our bacteria counts down.
4. Raising our overall tourism score
a. Attracting family friendly vacationers
b. supporting events that encourage good clean family friendly values and not supporting
events that promote lewd,crude and dis-respectful behavior
c. Making sure our streets are kept clean,well maintained and landscaped , first impression is
everything. We want to make a good first impression
d. Enforce our littering and loitering laws, give fines for littering and loitering
e. Deal with the homeless situation in a humanitarian way by working with churches and non-
profit organizations to get them the real help that they need.
5. Attracting new and diverse business to our city
a. Creating new and better year around Jobs for locals and families
b. Increase our local population growth and improve our tax base and economy
c. Encourage new housing opportunities and housing development.
6. Create a greater sense of community
a. Invest in our community and encourage knowing your neighbor and neighborhood watch
programs.
b. Support community involvement and volunteer action type projects , such as the Big sweep or
paint the town, health fairs, sporting events, family block gatherings.
7. Last maintain a wide open door policy. I will stay approachable and accessible. I want to hear
from you, I want to hear your concerns and then work hard for you. It is not we the government
but its all about we the people! We the government are here to serve you. This is your city.
