Tampa Mayor Jane Castor shared her 2021 State of the City virtually on June 2, addressing the city’s progress in areas like affordable housing, transportation, resiliency, and development.
Mayor Castor set a city goal of adding 10,000 new affordable housing units by 2027. The city has invested $10.7 million in affordable housing efforts in the past two years alone.
The Mayor also outlined efforts to uphold her commitment to create resilient neighborhoods, including hiring a Sustainability and Resilience Officer and launching a comprehensive roadmap to address community needs — both firsts in the city’s history.
Business development is another main priority for Mayor Castor, especially supporting small, minority, and women-owned businesses. In 2020, the city worked with 60 women-owned businesses, totaling more than $9.2 million in contracts, and the Mayor added LGBTQ-owned businesses to city’s WMBE Equal Business Opportunity Program.
This year’s State of the City also featured a virtual tour of the places where Tampanians live, work, and play.
Watch the full video here, and view a State of the City fact sheet here.
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