Vision for Golden Valley

My vision is that Golden Valley is a destination city to live, work, create and recreate and our city government provides modern and responsive services. We must keep striving to make Golden Valley the place where everyone feels at home.

As a Council Member:

Community and connection are at the heart of all I do. I strive to mix deep listening with good judgment and future vision when making decisions.

In the four years I’ve been on Council, we’ve made great progress; our city government is:

• Better connected with community members adding social media communications, interactive forums, a new city website, and deeper, intentional outreach.
• More welcoming and inclusive after 2 years of diversity, equity and housing initiatives.
• Healthier financially with debt reduced by over $20 million dollars and spending that is thoughtful and strategic.
• Strategically partnered to advance important projects and initiatives such as bus rapid transit.
• Actively addressing climate change as a Green Step 5 city with ambitious, measurable goals to reduce our carbon footprint, adding native planting and pollinator-safe practices, and adding organics recycling.
• Supporting housing choices and stability for all with renter protections, housing diversity, support of lower-income home-buying options.
• Better service-provider with dedicated public safety staff addressing mential health and social service support needs, quality city facilities and equipment, the best staff in the metro area.