PRIORITIES
I care about our community! I know you do too.
​St. Louis Park is a special place.
I look forward to working with you to build an even more equitable,
​climate-friendly, welcoming, and safe community, for everyone.
Here are some of my priorities and policy objectives for the next term: 

• Continue to build out our system of sidewalks and trails with a focus on "interested but concerned" users like families and children. 
• Make smart investments to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a model for other cities in that effort. 
• Work with the police department and other community partners to improve our response  to mental health issues in the community.
• Work with City and Hennepin County staff to create a safer Minnetonka Boulevard for all.
• Explore programs and policies that limit or stop the purchase of affordable homes by out-of-town investors for use as rental properties. When low- and moderate-income individuals and families can own these homes instead of renting, they have the opportunity to build wealth for themselves and future generations. 
• Take a closer look at Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) to ensure this public subsidy is providing the best return on investment for the community.
• Explore changes to single-family zoning as a way to increase housing supply, reduce housing costs, and create more racially and economically integrated neighborhoods​.
• Provide funding and other support to the school district to ensure all students in all our schools have regular and ongoing access to Westwood Hills Nature Center. ​
• Continue to improve our methods for gathering and incorporating broad public input into all council decision-making.