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Early Voting Sept 18
Election Day Nov 3
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What We've Delivered

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From reducing crime and cutting taxes to growing schools and small business. Here's what Portsmouth City Council has been getting done, working together.

Public Safety
  • Reduction in overall crime, violent crime and homicides for the past three years
  • Overhauled 911 system
  • Restored comparable pay for police, fire, & EMT
  • Filled fire, EMT & dispatcher staffing vacancies and invested in fire and ambulance equipment
  • Supporting Portsmouth United; stood up Crime and Gun Violence Commission
  • Implemented summer hiring programs for our teens
  • Approved an ordinance to address more stringent conditions for entertainment-related use permits
  • Portsmouth CARES team has begun regular compliance visits to businesses
Education
  • Increased City contribution to PPS from $63.7M in 23-24 school year to $90+M in 26-27 school year
  • Returned PPS budget surplus funding and supported CIP funding to fund PACE center
  • Pursuing design/construction of new K-8 school
  • Funding five-year growth plan for Starbase Victory STEM program from city general fund
  • Installed GOTEC STEM program in PPS middle schools
  • Participated in PPS effort to define traits of a graduate
  • Improved transparency into PPS budget creation and execution
Infrastructure
  • Completed Churchland bridge project
  • Completed Court St bioretention project
  • Completed Churchland Rail to Trail project
  • Acquired HRRJ and demolishing city civic center
  • Participated in public meetings to develop LINC District plan
  • Begun overhauling sewer transfer stations and advocating for state funding to assist
  • Painted two city water towers
  • Increased the amount of street paving funded year over year
  • Completed DCIP project to add a third lane entrance to NMC Portsmouth in collaboration with the Navy
  • Approved housing resource center construction
  • Pursuing a Public-Private-Partnership to construct a new city hall and associated parking facility
  • Pursuing design/construction of new public safety complex
Economic Development
  • Added funding to Portsmouth@Work to fund expanded training opportunities for people looking to gain trade skills or to up-skill
  • Approved several new housing developments to increase housing stock by more than 1100 units
  • Approved collaboration with SPSA to build a new AI-driven trash sorting facility
  • Spearheaded visit to Greenville, SC to gather downtown revitalization ideas
  • Collaborated with Portsmouth Main Street team and Dominion Power to relight High Street corridor
  • Collaborating with the EDA team to define the desired development of the "former Holiday Inn site"
  • Participated in the stand-up of the Maritime Industry roundtable discussions
  • Rivers Casino opened and adjacent hotel is under construction
  • Portsmouth has become a hub of small business growth in Hampton Roads. More than 700 new small businesses started here in 2025
  • Stood up MWBE office to review and improve MWBE participation in city procurement
  • Working with planning department to implement more rigorous oversight of short-term rentals
Taxes
  • Reduced real estate property tax rate from $1.30/$100 assessed value to $1.24/$100
  • Carefully scrubbing city budget for opportunities to save/repurpose funding annually
  • Pressing federal legislators to extend PILOT to Portsmouth to relieve burden of untaxed federal property
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Portsmouth City Council is Getting Stuff Done. 💪 Real Progress. Real Solutions. Real Momentum. 700+ new businesses in 2025. 1,100+ new housing units approved. School funding up from $63.7M to $90M+. Three straight years of crime reduction. Property taxes cut from $1.30 to $1.24. This is what working together looks like. 🗳️ Early Voting begins September 18 🗳️ Election Day is November 3 Let's keep the momentum. #Portsmouth #PortsmouthVA #KeepTheMomentum #GettingStuffDone #HamptonRoads #757 #StrongerPortsmouth
Public Safety
Three straight years of reduced crime in Portsmouth. That's not luck. That's leadership. 🛡️ ✅ 911 system overhauled ✅ Comparable pay restored for police, fire & EMT ✅ Real Time Crime Center stood up ✅ Crime and Gun Violence Commission launched ✅ Summer teen hiring programs Portsmouth is safer today than it was three years ago. Let's keep the momentum. 🗳️ Early Voting Sept 18 · Election Day Nov 3 #Portsmouth #PublicSafety #KeepTheMomentum #GettingStuffDone #PortsmouthVA
Education
Investing in Portsmouth's kids. 📚 City contribution to Portsmouth Public Schools went from $63.7M to $90+M. That's real money for real results. ✅ New K-8 school in the works ✅ Starbase Victory STEM program fully funded ✅ GOTEC STEM installed in PPS middle schools ✅ PACE Center funded ✅ Full budget transparency Our schools are stronger. Let's keep the momentum. 🗳️ Early Voting Sept 18 · Election Day Nov 3 #Portsmouth #Education #PortsmouthPublicSchools #KeepTheMomentum #STEM
Infrastructure
Portsmouth is building. 🚧 ✅ Churchland Bridge: completed ✅ Court St Bioretention: completed ✅ Churchland Rail to Trail: completed ✅ Third lane at NMC Portsmouth: completed with the Navy ✅ Housing Resource Center: approved ✅ Street paving funded year over year New city hall. New public safety complex. LINC District plan. The work continues. 🗳️ Early Voting Sept 18 · Election Day Nov 3 #Portsmouth #Infrastructure #KeepTheMomentum #GettingStuffDone #Churchland
Economic Development
Portsmouth is a hub of small business growth in Hampton Roads. 📈 700+ new small businesses opened here in 2025. 1,100+ new housing units approved. Rivers Casino open. New hotel under construction. ✅ Portsmouth@Work training expanded ✅ SPSA AI-driven trash sorting facility approved ✅ High Street corridor relit with Dominion Power ✅ MWBE office stood up ✅ Maritime Industry roundtable convened This is what economic development looks like. 🗳️ Early Voting Sept 18 · Election Day Nov 3 #Portsmouth #SmallBusiness #EconomicDevelopment #HamptonRoads #KeepTheMomentum
Taxes
Your property taxes just went down. 💰 Real estate tax rate cut from $1.30 to $1.24 per $100 assessed value. That's not a talking point. That's a lower bill. ✅ Scrubbing the city budget for savings, every year ✅ Pressing federal legislators to extend PILOT to Portsmouth ✅ Fiscal discipline that doesn't cut corners on services Lower taxes. Stronger city. Let's keep the momentum. 🗳️ Early Voting Sept 18 · Election Day Nov 3 #Portsmouth #TaxCut #FiscalResponsibility #KeepTheMomentum #GettingStuffDone
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Two dates. One decision. 🗳️ 📅 Early Voting begins September 18 📅 Election Day is November 3 Portsmouth is getting stuff done. Let's keep the momentum. Check your registration → elections.virginia.gov #Portsmouth #Vote #KeepTheMomentum #Election2026 #PortsmouthVA #757
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