Tampa Transition Project

The problem

New administrations lose months just figuring out how the city works — what contracts bind it, what money is committed, where the problems are. Residents watch the clock while the new team reads binders.

The plan

The Tampa Transition Project is the umbrella that makes Day One possible: a fiscal and institutional audit track, the Friction Hunt diagnostic track, and resident experience and stakeholder tracks — prepared during the transition so the administration hits the ground running.

Charters, records requests, and confidentiality rules are set before the inauguration, and the audit stays independent with a proper mandate and protected access.

How you’ll know it’s working

• All three tracks launched on Day One
• Charters and confidentiality rules published
• Audit independence protected by design

From the Blueprint

• Runs three workstreams: resident listening sessions across all neighborhoods, frontline worker interviews in every major department, and stakeholder engagement.
• Stakeholders include civic organizations, business associations, faith communities, and advocacy groups.
• Produces a public Transition Report that is binding — not advisory — on the first-year budget and legislative priorities.
• Launches immediately upon inauguration as a structured 100-day engagement process.

Tampa’s next government will be built with Tampa — not handed to it.