Mary Dunbar

Cleveland Heights City Council Member

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Cleveland Heights is Bicycle Friendly!

Cleveland Heights is Bicycle Friendly!

On October 15, 2013, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Cleveland Heights as a bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC), making our city one of only eight in Ohio to earn this distinction. Others are Lakewood, Dublin, Westerville, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton. Ohio has no silver, gold or platinum Bicycle Friendly Communities. The bronze level BFC award recognizes Cleveland Heights’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies.

The BFC program is a way for communities evaluate their quality of life, sustainability and transportation networks, while providing a measuring tool to gauge their progress toward a more bicycle friendly community. There are now 291 BFCs in 48 states. [Read more…]

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It’s Official!

After the automatic recount on Monday, December 5, it became official:  I won a seat on City Council.  It was a close race – basically a three-way tie between Phyllis Evans, Jeff Coryell and me, with Dennis Wilcox firmly in first place.  Phyllis came in second, and I was third – good enough to win.  All candidates ran impressive races and I know they will stay actively involved in our community, because we all love and are committed to this place. [Read more…]

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Almost Official

Thank you again to everyone who voted for me.  Now that provisional and late absentee ballots have been counted, I am almost officially a winner.  In this round of the election process, Phyllis Evans extended her lead for second place to 47 votes.  I won the third City Council seat that was up for election with 64 votes more than Jeff Coryell.  That 64-vote difference is close enough to trigger an automatic recount, which will take place and be announced on December 6.  Results of the recount are extremely unlikely to change the overall results. [Read more…]