Getting things done

Our residents are eager for a vibrant Downtown core that we can call our own. Not only will a variety of businesses bring life to Downtown, but a broader revenue base will also allow us to serve the expanding needs of Superior residents.  

To help create this vibrancy, I’ve collaborated with Superior’s Business Development Director to encourage businesses to make Downtown Superior their home.  While these efforts are beginning to pay off, we have much more work to do. I'm fully dedicated to this effort and will continue to put in the time it takes to ensure Downtown Superior is the dynamic center that we all want it to be. 

In November, we will be voting on a Home Rule initiative. This initiative will enable Superior to implement principles of local self-government, and safeguard open space and water rights. Superior residents know best what works for Superior, and we should have final say in what happens in our community. I strongly support this initiative, and I believe that certain proposals such an approach to affordable housing should not be passed before Home Rule is in effect. 

Like many of you, I’ve been part of the Sandwich generation, needing to care for my children and my aging parents, and I know how emotionally and physically draining this can be.  That is why I’m a huge proponent of grants that will allow Superior homeowners to modify their existing homes for multi-generational housing.   Multi-generational housing has the benefits of shared responsibilities, shared expenses and built in companionship and care—something that is especially important to children and the elderly.  Another benefit of multi-generation housing- it will help us reduce the housing shortage while simultaneously allowing our residents to age in place and generations to create lasting bonds.