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HOW DO WE KEEP AMERICA GREAT?
Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, provides a compellingand challenginganswer: by making American cities great. And great cities are built first of all through strong leadership.
During his two terms in office, Rick Baker worked toward a clear, uncompromising goal: to make St. Petersburg the best city in America. He led a downtown renaissance, rebuilt the most economically depressed area of the city, attracted businesses, worked to reduce violent crime, and made public schools a city priorityall with measurable results. The Seamless City offers practical advice, based on his nine years of experience in City Hall, to show how every mayor and city council can make their city dramatically better.
In The Seamless City youll step behind the scenes of city government to learn:
How maintaining basic amenities, like running water, requires constant vigilanceand sometimes tough decisions on the part of city leadership
Why a vibrant downtown is essential to attract businesses and create jobs
Why the most effective leadership is servant leadership
How to find and implement the most effective solutions to a citys most challenging problems
Why city government needs to regard the city as a seamless whole, with no section under-served or overlooked

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The Seamless City
Rick Baker made possible the politically impossible. Hes a socially and fiscally conservative Republican who won reelection by over 70% of the vote, in a city with 29% registered Republicans, and carried every single precinct against the Chairman of the countys Democratic Party. The lesson? Inspired leadership that works is universally popular.
Adam Goodman, President of The Victory Group

This is a city that reduced property tax rates by almost 20%, more than tripled emergency reserves, reduced staffing by 10% while increasing the number of uniform police officers on the street, lowered violent crime rates, dropped the murder rate to the lowest level in decades, saw high school graduation rates and student achievement scores rise dramatically, revitalized its downtown core, dramatically improved its most economically depressed area, became Floridas first Green City, improved service levels, and added quality of life amenities like playgrounds, libraries, bike paths, kayak trails, dog parks, and countless others. Wow!
Mike Sittig, Executive Director, Florida League of Cities

Under a different mayor, such attention to downtown might have worsened a political fault line between neighborhood advocates and downtown interests. But if anything, Baker has paid even more attention to St. Petersburgs neighborhoods. His brand of inclusiveness is one reason why a reliably Democratic city re-elected this Republican mayor in 2005 ...
Governing Magazine

Rick Baker: Lessons from a successful Florida mayor: Stick to your principles and make government work are mantras for St. Petersburgs GOP chief executive.
Christian Science Monitor

St. Petersburg has blossomed from a city struggling with its historical identity as a haven for middle-class retirees into a diverse, livable community with a vibrant downtown and arts scene.... Under former Mayor Rick Baker, the city welcomed downtown development and also moved aggressively and notably to redevelop the largely minority Midtown district ...
Florida Trend

The arts are everywhere in St. Petersburg, from world-renowned, such as the under-construction Salvador Dali Museum ... and the newly expanded Museum of Fine Arts, to the private art galleries that line its downtown streets.
American Style

... Mayor Rick Baker is showing how city CEOs, without taking over the governance of a school district, can improve local schoolsBaker has become almost a rock star in his citys public schools, which make up a third of the 108,000 students in the Pinellas County School District.
Detroit Free Press
To Joyce, Julann, and Jacob,
who shared the adventure
What is a Seamless City?
In a seamless city, when you go from one part of town to another, you never cross a seamwhether a street, interstate overpass, or railroad trackand enter a place where you do not want to be ... where you feel the need to reach over and lock your car door; an area with boarded-up buildings, broken windows, and large tracts of urban blight, with drug dealers on the street corner.
All parts of the city are not the same, and that will always be true. Some areas have large houses and big lots, while others may have duplexes and apartments; but all parts of a seamless city should have certain things in common. They should be safe and clean and should have the services, retail, and public infrastructure that adequately accommodate the people who live there.
A seamless city is an attitude that we are all in it together. It means that we do not pit one area against the other, but work toward advancing the entire city by addressing the needs of the parts.... Its connecting everyone with bike paths, and encouraging the community to gather together at dog parks and playgrounds.
A seamless city looks for ways to help the homeless turn their lives around while not allowing them to adversely impact others, and has a downtown that becomes the gathering place for all who live there. Such a city works with neighborhood leaders so that the residents define and help execute their own ideas for progress. A seamless city also understands that our public schools are not islands to be left drifting on their own. They are vital to the citys success and should be supported by everyone.
No area in a seamless city should be crime ridden and blighted. All of our children should grow up in neighborhoods that are safe and clean; that have libraries, parks, athletic fields, banks, shopping centers, and grocery stores; and where every boy and girl can share in the pride and success of the entire city!
Rick Baker
February 7, 2011
Foreword
by Governor Jeb Bush

A mong the many wonderful sayings of Ben Franklin, there is one that I associate with my friend Rick Baker: Little strokes fell great oaks.
When Rick Baker was elected mayor in 2001, he had a clear vision for the future of his hometown: Make St. Petersburg Best, and he went about consistently and constantly executing on that vision. The net result after almost nine years of little strokes was that his beloved St. Petersburg was a better place to live, work, and prosper.
From his first day in office, Mayor Baker worked tirelessly to turn his vision into reality. Like all great leaders, he started with a plan. With blueprint in hand, he advanced policies and programs to accomplish the ultimate goal.
First on the list, improve public safety. Keeping streets free from crimeso children can play outside and elders can live without fearis the foundation of a vibrant community. By his last year in office, St. Petersburg was safer city, with significantly lower violent crime rates and a murder rate that fell to the lowest level in decades. There were more uniformed police on the street, the number of arrests were upincluding a substantial increase in drug arrestsand police response times were reduced.
Second, promote economic development. A healthy and growing economy produces prosperity and raises the standard of living for citizens. Under Rick Bakers leadership, the economy of St. Petersburg flourished. Downtown experienced an unprecedented renaissance, while several businesses moved or expanded their operations in St. Petersburg, creating thousands of jobs for Floridians. Among the top job generators were Raymond James, Bright House, Progress Energy, Home Shopping Network, and ValPak.
During my time as Governor, every announced trip would secure an invitation from Mayor Rick Baker to see the extra efforts undertaken to revitalize the poorest sections of the citys urban coreMidtown St. Petersburg. He worked to bring in amenities that many of us take for granteda full-service post office, a brand-name grocery store, and banking servicesto spark rebirth in that area.
Ricks third priority was to support public schools. A quality education can change an individual life and provide the catalyst for a robust economy. Many students gained the knowledge and skills to succeed in school and beyond during Ricks terms in office. The number of high performing schools in St. Petersburgthose graded A or B under the states accountability systemincreased a whopping 260 percent no small feat, given the state raising the bar for earning these good grades multiple times during this same timeframe. Mayor Bakers little strokes included an ambitious mentoring program, a rewards program for schools that improved, and involving the business community deeply in schools.
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