Alan’s Plan to Put People Before Politics: » Hire a dedicated congressional staff member located in Southeastern Massachusetts who is focused on economic development and job creation. » Work to pass his Restore the Dream Account proposal, paid for by the Estate Tax, providing every young person who serves our country for one year with an account worth $50,000 to achieve the American Dream.
People Before Politics: Alan Khazei’s Plan for Fall River
» Support a Green New Deal to combat Climate Change by accelerating a just transition away from fossil fuels and create millions of clean energy jobs. » Support small businesses by proposing a small business hiring credit and accelerated depreciation of capital investment for small businesses that hire new workers. Dedicate funding streams to help further support women, minority, and veteran owned small businesses. » Create a Fall River Congressional Advisory Board to stay connected to local issues in Fall River and ensure stakeholder voices are heard in Washington.
Read Alan’s Plan for every city and town in the 4th District at
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Fall River’s Assets and Initiatives » Fall River Waterfront. The city’s beautiful historical waterfront represents a tremendous asset for multi-use development. » Entrepreneurs for All, in association with UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, helps close the opportunity inequality gap and create employment in Fall River. » The $263 Million new, state-of-the-art B.M.C. Durfee High School will open to serve Fall River students as scheduled in 2021. » Greater Fall River Re-Creation Center helps residents, particularly economically disadvantaged youth, access opportunities for talent development.
Fall River’s Challenges » Public Transit. Fall River is held back by a lack of efficient and affordable public transportation. » Unemployment. Due to COVID-19, unemployment in Fall River has risen from 4.7% to over 24% » School Funding. Reduced state and municipal revenues pose a serious threat to the quality of public education in Fall River. » The Opioid Epidemic. Sixty-five opioid-related deaths of Fall River residents were recorded in 2019, showing no slowdown in the devastating impact of the epidemic.
Alan Khazei is not a politician - he is a movement leader who co-founded City Year and led the national service movement to launch, protect and grow AmeriCorps. Alan is ready on Day One to lead the effort in Congress to protect our environment, ensure affordable healthcare for all, stop gun violence, address racial injustice and restore the American Dream for working families.
Alan’s Plan for Fall River was built by listening to the people of Fall River. In Congress, Alan will: Fight to include funding in a new infrastructure bill to accelerate the construction of South Coast rail to spur economic development, tourism, and clean energy jobs across the 4th District. Address the spike in unemployment through a Federal Jobs Guarantee including expanding AmeriCorps and providing Emergency Wage Support to save small businesses and keep people on the payroll. Help restore education funding by passing the Heroes Act in Congress to secure $140,122,701 in funding for Fall River. Work to destigmatize and elevate the opioid and substance challenges of our community and country, prioritizing care over criminality.