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March 25, 2019 Building a roadmap is essential for cities to succeed because it aligns priorities by creating a plan that presents solutions for an enhanced government, citizens, and businesses while aligning with the goal of improving city services, service delivery, and quality of life offerings. Strategic Budget Initiatives, Aligning with 4 Big Things City Council’s 4 BIG Things served as a guidepost in the preparation of the FY 2020 Proposed Budget. These initiatives align with the Vision in an effort to continue the city’s progress towards a more prosperous, lifelong learning, safe and friendly city. Portsmouth...The Best Place for Business A Smart City Makes Wise Choices, and we will continue in our efforts, at every level, to ensure the prosperity of Portsmouth. The Vision states Portsmouth is a prosperous port city that builds on its assets, its strategic geographical location, its waterways, its rich diversity, and its sense of place to create economic opportunity for all of its citizens. As we continue to make strides toward increased economic development while rebuilding and reimagining our technological infrastructure, Portsmouth is poised for lift-off.  Business Retention and Attractions – Our goal is to attract and retain a mix of businesses, with access to skilled workers, resulting in increased resident job opportunities and a stable local economy.  Public/Private Partnerships are an important component of Portsmouth’s overall growth and future success that allow us to influence key elements of a development project but also enhance the benefits and amenities built to be enjoyed by the greater community.  Create a Business-Friendly Environment – the best way to attract business is by making it easy to do business. We will work toward continuing to create a business- friendly environment and establish practices in responsive and accessible relationships with entities choosing to do business in the city.  Crawford Gateway Revitalization Strategy – Downtown Portsmouth is the city’s historical gateway and the most vivid and authentic expression of our city’s history and culture. It seeks to capitalize on public and private investment in Downtown by emphasizing the City Council’s Vision to provide access to the waterfront and reinvigorate downtown with substantial economic development.  Portsmouth Community Broadband Network – We must envision a virtual Portsmouth through technology. In FY 2020, the construction of the Portsmouth Community Broadband Network or “PCBN” will begin and provide state-of-the-art connectivity with unprecedented bandwidth. This connectivity will serve as the foundational element of all smart city applications and platforms. Portsmouth…The Best to Live Located in the heart of Hampton Roads, our historic port city aspires to become the Best Place to Live in Hampton Roads as we move to ultimately to be the best in the state and nation. In congruence with the Vision Principles, Portsmouth is a safe and friendly city which value, respects and protects all of its citizens, visitors, neighborhoods, and businesses. Smart Cities are those that aspire to become a more resilient, livable, sustainable, and inclusive city. In this regard, we are reimagining our current quality of life offerings into possibilities that enable us to enhance the experience of living in the state’s only official Coast Guard City.