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I see Ashland as a thriving urban center set into the backdrop of the Southern Cascades and Siskiyous. A place that is livable, equitable, and sustainable. A vibrant community filled with culture, and a model of a sustainable city; a place to work, to play, to raise families, to grow…

This is an interesting fantasy based question. Of course I would like to see the city relatively self-sufficient, independently generating necessary local electricity so that we are our own grid. Lovely affordable neighborhoods on the model of the SOU family housing. A healthy and attractive business community. A down town…

Issues of most concern to me: pedestrian safety, lurkers on the bike path, no boots on miscreant parking ticket car just tow it, no support for restaurant ranking ballot measure, really redo the sign and sidewalk ROW codes, solve the water problems – TAP. sewage plant, water plant, storm drain…

The issues that are of most concern to me are Ashland’s vulnerabilities. We depend on outside sources for most of our basic necessities, most directly, food and energy, i.e. gas and electricity. As gas prices go up, so does the price of food, creating insecurity. Also most of our food…

There are two very immediate issues:  The first is the wildfire danger in our watershed.  In the dry season we’re at risk of a catastrophic fire that could not only consume buildings but harm our water supply, and then cause major on-going problems of restoration that could take years. And…

We need to have team building in our City Council that supports the City Departments. We have an amazing city Administrator and department heads that have great people who work very hard day and night that need our respect and support.

The way to make ASHLAND economically viable is to provide a better transportation plan between Exit 19, Exit 14, and Exit 6 (Mount Ashland) where the new Callahans is located – (Please go to Callahans and support the new restaurant and bar it’s beautiful and they did a great job on it!) If we…

I have strong feelings about this…I feel we have an extraordinary opportunity right now, if we take advantage of it, and that’s to become a center for sustainability.  I mean a place where people come to learn about sustainability, to observe actual projects and organizations at work, to locate businesses…

From my time on the City Council and from serving on the Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Board, I have learned that creating a sound plan – a ‘road map’ for economic development first means knowing where it is you want to go and how you want to get there. …

Ashland needs to look where money is flowing out of the community and take steps to support those needs within the community and keep that money here. There are also options such as a micro-credit program to give people small startup loans, programs to connect business people with artists to…

The city must define the types of businesses it wishes to attract. Light manufacturing is attractive as based on Brammo’s Enertia Electric Motorcycles model. The possibility of a food manufacturing entity such as Amy’s is possible. Before further discussion of type, we should entertain the thought of enterprise zones to…

  How do you feel about the recent decision of City Council to not connect Ashland city water to the Medford water supply? I remember stories of the Water shed fire of “1959” – I know firefighters that worked all night and slept on the ground the next day –…