Issues

Businesses – whether they are national, regional, or local small family-owned operations – are the lifeblood, and, some will say, the very heartbeat of our community. But for too many years, economic development languished and was not a priority for the city. 

We are all too keenly aware of how inflation and housing costs are crushing everyone looking for permanent lodging.

For far too many years, the city did not invest in important capital improvements, and that had a tremendously adverse effect on our community. In the few years before I took office alone, an aging fleet of vehicles meant that trash pickup was constantly delayed and our DPW employees were putting in 12-plus hour’s days (incurring overtime costs).

The progress we’ve made in the past three-and-a-half years has only continued to inspire and invigorate me to build on the tremendous momentum to improve our community that we’ve developed.