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Cleveland Heights City Council Member

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October 9, 2009 By Mary Dunbar

Answers to League of Women Voters Questions

Following my answers below to the League of Women Voters Questions for Cleveland Heights City Council candidates, I have provided a link to the answers provided by all 10 City Council candidates, for your convenience.  Here are my answers:

1. In order of priority, describe the three most important things your city government must address to improve life in Cleveland Heights and how you will get it done: The three most important things city government must address are a lack of a vision, strategic action plans to achieve the vision, and a commitment to implement the plans. First and foremost, we must improve our financial sustainability, housing and other buildings, and schools’ performance. A vision and planning will guide spending priorities, allocation of resources and measurement of progress. We have amazing assets in this community to build on. Through regional collaboration, we can maintain government services for lower cost. We can attract new residents and high-potential businesses through planning and effective marketing of our city and schools.

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Filed Under: Collaboration, Leadership, Restoring Home Values, School

August 13, 2009 By Mary Dunbar

Civility Revisited

My article, Civility is important to our quality of life, is posted on the Heights Observer Web site, where it first appeared in the July 22, 2009, edition.  Here is a link to the article: http://www.heightsobserver.org/read/2/7/civility-is-important-to-our-quality-of-life  The article explains the never-ending importance of civility, how the Cleveland Heights civility project begun in 2004 affected our community, what is needed now and how the city can help.

Filed Under: Leadership, Restoring Home Values, School, Working together

July 22, 2009 By Mary Dunbar

Think Regional

Read the story I authored in the July 2009 Heights Observer entitled “Think Regional:  A resurgent University Circle is good for the Heights.”  The article notes that University Circle, Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights share mutual interests and are the antidote to out-migration and sprawl. 

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Filed Under: Collaboration, Leadership, Restoring Home Values, The Environment

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