Small Businesses - We want to give small businesses support, and build incentives to prospective businesses to come to Hillsdale. How? Supporting the Chamber of Commerce as representatives of the borough. Sit down with local business owners and businesses in surrounding towns to unravel what Hillsdale needs to do to be more inviting, encouraging and engaged with small businesses.
Schools & Equity - Our families deserve transparency, communication and outreach. 70% of Hillsdale tax dollars go to our schools (two elementary and one middle school) How are those taxes being appropriated? When? Why? How can we strive to keep the community better apprised on the distribution of taxes throughout the year, not just when there is a big update? Answer: Create more of a connection point with the council, BOE and the administrators and teachers of our schools to adequately support the needs of our community's youth.
Civic Connection - We'd like to promote more of a connection between residents, businesses and the council by creating open forums and community meet up events, outside of a traditional, monthly council meeting. We'd create a resident advisory board that can work with the council and various committees to represent the voice of the residents more accurately. We would also work with the local businesses to promote Hillsdale community events, mixers and more opportunities for neighbors to connect and get to know each other.

Many residents feel out of the loop and there is a big gap between the spectrum of residents - retired vs new families with young children in the schools. We will strive to address that gap and bringing the pendulum back to center - through more thorough and consistent communication between council and residents, more ways for residents to voice concerns or questions and, reach out in new and innovative ways.

Push for a Community Voice Platform - resident advisory boards, participatory budgeting, more deliberate outreach before major projects.
Emphasize maintenance and smart upgrades over high-cost, high-conflict projects that stretch the budget and fracture neighborhoods.
Develop ways to bring in revenue so that we aren't exhausting taxpayer dollars or sending Hillsdale into the red. i.e., electric vehicle charging stations, a new cell tower near Stony Brook Swim Club.