The Issues

Here are the issues I think are of immediate importance and which I will work to support in the legislature:

1. Healthy People and Community
• Ensure everyone has access to affordable, high quality health care
• Guarantee a strong public health system ready to handle modern challenges
• Work to make our community a place where people have access to and education
about the importance of nutrition and physical activity
• Increase the opportunities for access to outdoor recreation for all people
• Maximize efforts to ensure clean air, water and soil now and for future
generations

2. Education and Job Opportunities
• Support education to ensure we have the resources necessary at a local level to
meet the needs of a diverse student body
• Ensure we have education and training opportunities that are preparing young
people for meaningful employment and that all at all levels of education
students are being trained for careers that our available in our community
• Increase employment opportunities (across sectors) in our communities through
support for current businesses and recruitment on new and innovate companies

3. Thriving Downtown and Creative Economy
• Preserving the history and structures of our Main Streets and ensuring downtown
once again becomes the thriving hub of our community
• Utilizing modern tools of economic development to invest in our downtown,
encouraging local business growth and fostering smart investments in our
community
• Nurturing the creative economy that has started to take root and helping to
ensure we become a destination for arts and culture