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Participant Guide: Public Safety

The Envision Participant Guide provides an in-depth exploration of the opportunities and challenges which may shape the future of Prince George’s County.

In today’s excerpt, we take a look at some of the goals from the Greater Washington 2050 Coalition. The Greater Washington 2050 Coalition brought together leaders from across the region to lay the foundation for the kind of region everyone in the District of Columbia and surrounding counties “want to enjoy in the years to come.” The coalition’s conclusion was “To shape our future and to maintain and improve our quality of life, this region deserves bold action, not business as usual.”

Public Safety: Seek safe communities for residents and visitors where public health, safety, and welfare are protected for all.

The coalition also recommended a set of long-term priorities for the region. First among these priorities is producing good quality schools. It is the most urgent of 16 items considered. There are enormous differences from jurisdiction to jurisdiction within the region about how residents rate the performance of their public schools today. But even in high-performing school districts, most residents want to increase the attention their schools receive. The second leading priority for the long term is producing safe streets and neighborhoods. On safety, as well as education, there are strong differences in performance among jurisdictions, but near total consensus is that public safety is a high priority. Rounding out the public’s most intense priorities are good jobs for everyone who wants one, better access to health care, more help for people who are in need, fostering a cleaner environment, making housing more affordable, and better planning for growth and development.

For much more background on our county, please download and review the Envision Participant Guide (note: This is a large 2MB PDF file), and look for many more Participant Guide excerpts here at the Envision blog.

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