Carolina Real: Jorge Milares

Our City needs to do its part to foster economic mobility
and development. We need to assist families who suffer from
generational poverty while also cultivating entrepreneurship and
job development. That means connecting our residents to existing
resources and providing those that aren’t offered but that are
desperately needed.


We need to provide families living in poverty
with:



Career Skills assessments.


Education and Vocational Training.


Workforce development (Resume workshops, interview
roleplays, etc.).


Ongoing career guidance


Credit improvement programs


Homeownership counseling and courses


Financial literacy courses and ongoing
guidance


Long-term planning by teaching them how to save for
their retirement and their children’s college funds






By financially investing in these families and helping
them escape generational poverty, we are placing them on a
long-term path to homeownership, job stability, and changing the
trajectory of their family for generations to come.


We also need to support our business community
by:



Providing more city contracts to local business
owners. 


Cultivating entrepreneurship by connecting people to
existing resources to build and manage local
businesses. 


Being proactive about the way we attract successful
companies to Charlotte. In doing so, we create incremental
job opportunities for the residents of our city and provide a
boost to our local economy. 



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The City has already taken a significant first step in
proposing the Office of Equity, Mobility, and
Immigrant Integration. Now, we must hold them accountable to
become an economically equitable city that is no longer 50 out of
50 in the US.