Elrich discusses:

• Schools
  • Close Achievement Gap
  • Correlation between performance / poverty
  • Address underlying social issues
  • Reduce class size
    • For college prep
    • For vocational (non-college)
  • Adjust curriculum
  • If we say we are doing smart growth, we really ought to do smart growth
• Development
  • There are enough vacancies to fill 66,000 jobs
• Fill commercial real estate vacancies and provide
• Workforce doesn’t necessarily match needs of employers
  • Business incubators
  • Support entrepreneurs
• Provide people opportunities to start and grow businesses
  • How can we streamline this
• What are obstacles for new businesses to start
  • Create study group on this with Sidney Katz for current council
• Make sure regulations aren’t prohibiting businesses from affordably / sensibly occupying existing spaces
  • Big Biz Manage
  • Small Biz Manage
  • Coop
  • Real estate venture
  • 19 years on Takoma Park City Council
• Experience
  • Different perspectives
  • No yes men
  • Listen / keep an open mind
• On forming a team to run the county