As governor, I will seek to invest in DEEP and help the organization partner with nonprofit and other private actors to help forward it's mission. I will:
Invest in re-aligning agency with its broad mission, including development of skill sets in climate change, urban redevelopment, and partnerships.
Invest in modernizing and speeding permitting process.
Invest in enforcement and public land maintenance.
Invest in state parks and expand their accessibility.
Ensure funds for DEEP programs remain dedicated and sustainable, such as the Community Investment Act and the newly enacted Passport to Parks program.
DEEP will partner with cities to create and refurbish more city parks. For example the Mill River Park and Greenway was a polluted waterway but is now a verdant, animated civic space that mends the ecological and social fabric of downtown Stamford.