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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: Lyndsay Mitchell, Officer
Department Narrative Business Plan Goals and Objectives

The Office of Strategic Initiatives manages • Goal: Expand and Enhance the City’s Image
special projects on behalf of the City o Objective: Promote Community Engagement
Manager’s Office. OSI is made up of three • Goal: Ensure Availability of Information, Programs, and City Services
divisions – Strategic Initiatives, Research and o Objective: Provide for the Efficient Access and Appropriate
Analytics, and the Arlington Urban Design Management of the City’s Data
Center. The Strategic Initiatives team is • Goal: Partner with Local Organizations to Educate and Mentor
responsible for implementation of special o Objective: Retain Arlington Graduates and Improve Department
projects in support of City Council and the City Recruitment Pools
Manager’s Office as well as neighborhood
engagement efforts. Neighborhood
engagement includes the Neighborhood
Matching Grant program, the Block Party
Trailer, and the Arlington Home Improvement
Incentive Program among other efforts. The
Research and Analytics Group works towards
the efficient and transparent use of data to
provide timely and effective analytical support
to City programs, services, and citizenry,
including growing and maintaining the Open
Arlington data portal. The Arlington Urban
Design Center aims to create public
awareness about the importance of urban
design and its impact on the quality of life,
environment, and economic investment
through conceptual design work for Arlington
businesses, neighborhoods, and institutions.

At A Glance
• 6 Authorized Positions
• Budget Break Down
Personnel Services $705,384
Operating Expenses 96,430
Total $801,814

Department Diversity
By Race and Gender

American Native
Black or Some Other
Hispanic Indian and Hawaiian and
White African Asian or Two or Female Male
or Latino Alaska Other Pac.
American More Races
Native Islander
City of Arlington Population 37.6% 29.9% 22.4% 6.6% 0.2% 0.3% 3.1% 51.0% 49.0%
City Organization 51.8% 22.0% 18.4% 3.5% 0.8% 0.2% 3.3% 38.0% 62.0%
Strategic Initiatives 40.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%

FY 2024 Adopted Budget and Business Plan 177 City of Arlington, Texas