The execution plan
The First 500 Days
A mayor is judged on what changes, in what order, and whether anyone can check. This is the Tampa of Today Blueprint sequenced into the first 500 days of a Henderson administration — every phase tied to named proposals, public milestones, and an independent scorekeeper.
The sequence
Three phases, no surprises
Nothing here is a wish list. Each item below is a Blueprint proposal with an owner, a published timeline, and metrics residents can inspect. Pilots carry stage labels — and they only scale after the evidence says so.
Phase01Days 1–100 — Set the rules, start the proof
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Day One sets the rules of the house: 19 launch-ready actions. The first 100 days then stand up the machinery — a delivery unit that owns outcomes, an independent scorekeeper, and the Friction Hunt that finds what's broken at City Hall and fixes it in public, with urgent findings published at roughly three weeks.
Phase02Days 101–300 — Pilots running in public
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The machinery starts delivering where residents can see it: CitySync pilots handling real cases with published service evidence, the first affordable-housing sites moving into contract and permitting, Tenant Help reaching renters before crisis, and the Transparency Ledger opening city data in formats anyone can use.
Phase03Days 301–500 — Prove it, then scale
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By Day 500 the question isn't what's planned — it's what's proven. Pilot results are published, department scorecards go up against honest baselines, residents get a first Trust Index reading, and the mechanisms that earned it begin to scale — against verified accounting, never press-release numbers.
Questions, answered straight
What will Alan Henderson do on Day One as Mayor of Tampa?
Nineteen launch-ready actions: eight executive orders — including People-First Governance (EO 001), Transparency by Default (EO 005), and the Safe Streets, Strong Roots reset — plus 11 directives that stand up the delivery unit, the independent scorekeeper, and the Friction Hunt. Every action is tied to a named Blueprint proposal you can read in full.
What will be different after the first 100 days?
The Friction Hunt's urgent findings are published with owners at roughly three weeks. The Office of Civic Insights is measuring. The Housing Permitting Strike Team is clearing applications. Operation H.A.V.E.N. pilot sites are selected, a CitySync beta is live, and Tampa's first public flood baseline is out. All of it in the open, with stage labels — not completion claims.
How is this different from ordinary campaign promises?
Three ways: owners, metrics, and gates. Every item has a named owner and published measures, pilots must prove themselves before they scale, and an independent office — not the mayor's press shop — publishes the scorecards. The Promise Tracker keeps the receipts.
What gets tackled first on housing and safety?
Housing: the Permitting Strike Team in Days 31–60 and H.A.V.E.N. pilot sites by Day 100. Safety: the Safe Streets, Strong Roots reset on Day One, the Build-the-Case Doctrine baseline in the first month, and the 813 Peace Project — violence interruption by the people closest to it — set up in Days 31–60.
Make this real
A plan is only real when Tampa funds it.
Help put a mayor in office who publishes the plan — and the receipts.