Expansion of Senior Services and Senior Tax Relief
Senior Services – Americans are living much longer lives in retirement. To help celebrate all the residents who’ve worked to build the community we’ve all grown to love, we have to ensure that the resources available in retirement help keep Seniors in their homes and in our community. read more…

Supporting Local Farmers
I encourage all residents to first consider the products that are grown in our community by our local farmers!

As we explore options for municipal land in the center of town, we can continue the farming tradition by offering local farmers a larger market area. Let’s look to build stronger partnerships between our farming community and our schools, and let’s ensure that our bylaws continue to welcome farming activity throughout the town.

Ensuring Town Facilities Meet the Current and Future Needs of All Community Members
Our Seniors helped build and pay for our schools, roads, and public safety buildings, but many with mobility concerns and many of our disabled residents can’t even get into Town Hall. Residents in a wheelchair who need to access the Ritter Building, must come in through a conference room and cross through office space to get access to a human freight elevator. Our disabled residents and Seniors with mobility concerns deserve more dignified accommodations!  read more…

Enhancing Public Safety
Lunenburg Police, Fire, and EMS personnel have the respect of the community, and we need to continue to invest in the changing dynamics of our town that require additional public safety support. As a retired military police officer, I understand that life and death is sometimes a matter of seconds and not minutes. We must be committed to preserving life and liberty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — and that requires having well-trained and well-equipped professionals available to the respond to the needs of our residents and community.

During my 3-year tenure as a member of the Select Board, the town has established 24/7 EMS service, we’ve added 3 full-time police officers, 2 full-time firefighters, have invested $712,000 in new fire and police equipment and vehicles, and have invested $230k in capital improvements to the Public Safety Building.

Promoting Education and a Culture of Civic Engagement
We are spending about $13,000 per pupil educating children in Lunenburg. The means, the average family with two children is receiving at least $26,000 in educational benefits for their children and is paying about $6,000 in property taxes. It really does take a village — and we have to remain committed to ensuring that children are provided every educational opportunity we can offer to help them live fulfilled, healthy, and productive adult lives.
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Increase Accessibility of Parks and Open Spaces
Reservoir Road – the baseball field is attached to a much larger parcel of town-own lands that extends to Goodrich street. I support expanding the field to include a park and a system of trails for neighbors and kids to meet, play, and host community gatherings.

Whalom – There are opportunities to preserve open space in the Whalom area, and to install sidewalks that connect the residential areas to Wallis Park.

Center of Town – There are several opportunities to add more open space near the center of Lunenburg for large community events. I have been active in contributing to the plan (presented at 2022 Annual Town Meeting) that will demolish the old Primary School, and begin the process of building a community park.

Land Conservation and Local Trails
We have town-owned land throughout the town and a growing system of trails for cross-country skiers and snowmobiles. Woods, fields, farms, and lakes help influence the character and culture of our town — so let’s promote them!

Support Local Entrepreneurship
The commercial and industrial activities in town are critical tax contributors that provide more to the tax base than they receive in benefits. To maintain a balanced community, I support increasing opportunities in town for residents to build their businesses. And I support the Planning Board’s continual review of existing bylaws to ensure that there’s clarity and minimal red tape to support commercial and industrial activities.

In addition to town-owned websites and pages listing local businesses, it’s important to have cultural events like annual fairs, fundraising runs, that both give us opportunities to fellowship with one another, and offer businesses opportunities to promote.