Accomplishments as Mayor of Waterbury

• Initiated the expansion of the city's Enterprise Zone -- the only one allowed in the state -- that spurred the construction of 20 market rate apartments on Bank Street which have received 60 applications, and the construction of a $3 million office building downtown.
• Lead the fight to save the Waterbury Heart Center , a critical public health facility for the entire region.
• Oversaw the implementation of an Energy Improvement District program that creates incentive for fuel cell, solar and co-generation energy construction citywide.
• Created the Naugatuck River Greenway Initiative, a program that will revitalize and redevelop the city's most valuable natural resource.
• Completing the first comprehensive rewrite of the city's Zoning regulations that will protect our neighborhoods and reduce residential density.
• Leveraged federal funds to revitalize the Central Business District through a facade improvement program that will give new life to six historic buildings on Grand and Bank Streets this year.
• Completed improvements at East Mountain, Hamilton, Washington, Town Plot and Sloping Acres Parks this year and commencing additional work at Fulton , Berkeley and Pearl Street Parks in the coming year.
• Introduction of new e-government initiatives that will allow residents to pay their taxes and water bills online and created a one-stop permitting center.
• Supported and funded the Brass City Harvest urban agriculture program that is creating a farm at Fulton Park .
• Reduced school truancy in cooperation with the Waterbury Probate Court.