14 January Council Meeting Update: 1st Baptist Church, Pickelball, Resident Survey
Good evening, all, I hope you had a restful holiday season and are making it through January. I was very glad to see the sun today! I had a meeting in Dartmouth with Public Works, so I decided to cycle over. Please subscribe to my updates and share this with a neighbour. Subscribe to Councillor […]
20 December Newsletter (My Committees, 3 Council Meetings, PSAs, Events)
Hello All, I hope you are able to take some time to relax and enjoy time with family and friends over the holidays. I know that is not a possibility for everyone in our community. I have shared the information on social media today about where folks experiencing homelessness can go for shelter during the […]
13 December Podcast with Atlantic News
Hi All, Happy Holidays to you! Today is my last day of meetings for 2024 so I’ll be focusing on my email backlog and a posting a newsletter (still blog format) before I take a holiday break. Kate Richardson, my constituency coordinator, will be working the week of December 23rd (the non-holiday days), so please […]
Motion of Rescission – Removal of the 9 Potential Designated Locations List (03 Dec 2024)
Hello folks, Thought I’d explain my Yes vote to the motion here, regarding tent encampments in parks, as I’ve been getting both positive and negative feedback on it. (The photo for this post is not local. I am not comfortable posting photos of people’s homes while locally and currently sheltering in parks. It is 3+ […]
Podcast with Atlantic News
Chris Green and I spoke yesterday afternoon. I feel like we are a good match to talk about the role of a municipal councillor as I am new to the position and he has great questions, being new”ish” to town. I hope to reach more residents through a combination of these podcast conversations, newsletters (still […]
12 November Council meeting, Transit Route Changes, Board/Committee/Commissions, Wave Pool Temporary Closure, Tree Lighting, Stolen Bicycles, Volunteer Award Nominations, Scam Alert, Roadworks
Good afternoon all, This week new council members were in orientation sessions all day and our first new Council meeting was held on Tuesday, 12 November. So, I plan to spend the weekend digging myself out of my email and phone call backlog and preparing for our Regional Centre Community Council meeting on Monday and […]
Bridge Closure Update, 22 Minutes Filming on McLean St., and new HRM Contact Information
Hello all, I have three updates to provide tonight on: Your new HRM council members are busy daily this week with orientation sessions and preparing for our first council meeting on 12 November. Bear with me as I respond to your inquiries slower than I’d like to. Remember to sign up for hfxalert if you […]
University Ave. Encampment closure
Good morning all, I have been asked for an update on the University Avenue encampment closure. I don’t have much to add at this time, but will put all the information here in one place for reference. This information was provided to the council-elect at our orientation session on 31 October by the CAO and […]
Conversation with Chris Green of Atlantic News & Swearing In Ceremony Details
Hi all, Here’s a conversation I had with Chris on Friday afternoon, 01 November. Please let me know how you like this form of communication as we intend to keep doing them going forward. Chris is working on getting the conversations into podcast format so you can listen from the app on your phone. It […]
23 & 24 October Activities, Weekend Break
Hi all, Here’s what I’ve been up to on Wednesday and Thursday: Wednesday, 23 Oct -Engineers Nova Scotia Professional Development conference (2 hours) -scheduled Thursday’s meetings -responded to resident emails and social media comments -here is the article from my recent interview with Suzanne Rent in the Halifax Examiner (I worked in Ontario, not New […]