The Full Plan
A Detailed Agenda for Saginaw
The complete policy vision behind Charles Allen's three priorities — for voters who want the details.
Everyday Saginaw
Making everyday life in Saginaw easier, safer, and more affordable.
Public Safety & Neighborhood Stability
- Community-based safety first — with mental-health response for the calls that need it.
- Clean up blight, dumping, and neglected properties, faster.
- Block-by-block plan for demolition, rehab, and redevelopment.
- Light our streets, fix our sidewalks, and keep the routes to our schools safe.
Housing & Homeownership
- Affordable housing in every neighborhood — not just downtown.
- Down-payment help and home-repair grants for the families who've stayed.
- Real rental standards, tenant education, and protections against predatory landlords.
- Explore a rent freeze to keep Saginaw affordable for the people already here.
City Services & Infrastructure
- Affordable city services — every dollar matters when families are stretching every dollar.
- Better roads, sidewalks, and infrastructure — fix the potholes that destroy tires.
- Food access — bring a full-service grocer to the East Side and grow mobile markets.
- Senior wellness and home-delivered meals so no one is left behind.
- Responsible development that serves the people already here.
Our Kids, Our Future
Purpose. Opportunity. Safety. A reason to believe in Saginaw.
Youth & Opportunity
- Youth programs, after-school opportunities, and recreation.
- Community violence intervention — safety starts before police lights come on.
- Mentoring, literacy, and summer employment.
- Apprenticeships and career pathways for youth right out of high school.
- Sustain funding for youth organizations — past 2026, not from zero every year.
Jobs & Working Families
- Support small businesses — they're the core of Saginaw's economic growth.
- Workforce pipelines into Covenant, Nexteer, and Saginaw's major employers.
- Protect and grow union jobs, apprenticeships, and our UAW partnerships.
- Job readiness trainings and trades pathways for youth right out of high school.
Your City, Your Voice
Government you can see, understand, and reach.
Accountable City Government
- Transparency and plain-language reporting on every dollar spent.
- Regular neighborhood listening sessions — in every neighborhood, not just downtown.
- Live-stream City Council meetings on Facebook — the platform Saginaw watches most.
- Every decision answers one question: does this make life better for the people who call Saginaw home?
Accessible Government
- Bring city information to the platforms residents already use.
- Explain complicated government decisions in everyday language.
- Help residents easily follow Council meetings, votes, and budget decisions.
- Collaboration across backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to find common ground.