Specific ideas. Local priorities. A plan for what's next.

Southeast Barrie continues to grow, and our community infrastructure needs to grow with it.

I will advocate for advancing a multi-purpose community and recreation facility serving southeast Barrie and Ward 9.

Residents should have a direct role in determining what a future facility should include. Possibilities could include indoor recreation, youth programming, community meeting spaces, accessible facilities, and other amenities identified through community consultation.

I support adding housing and accommodating Barrie's growth, but development needs to be accompanied by the infrastructure required to support it.

As Ward 9 and southeast Barrie grow, I will push for roads, intersections, sidewalks, transit, parks, recreation, and other municipal infrastructure to be planned alongside new development rather than continually catching up afterward.

I will also advocate for continued attention to traffic congestion and infrastructure pressures in rapidly developing areas.

The area around the Painswick Library has the potential to become an even better neighbourhood gathering place.

I will work with residents, City staff, and Council to explore improvements to this space, including possibilities such as additional trees, landscaping, seating, accessible features, and areas where residents can gather and enjoy the outdoors.

Residents should be directly consulted before deciding what improvements are appropriate for the space.

The smaller details of municipal infrastructure can have a major impact on everyday life.

I will prioritize concerns involving street lighting, pedestrian crossings, sidewalks, speeding, traffic calming, accessibility, and connections between neighbourhoods, parks, schools, trails, and transit.

Ward 9 residents of all ages and abilities should be able to safely move around their neighbourhood.

Not every important improvement requires a massive new project.

Residents pay property taxes and should expect the infrastructure and public spaces they already have to be properly maintained.

Road conditions, broken streetlights, damaged sidewalks, park maintenance, waste concerns, snow clearing, and other everyday neighbourhood issues deserve consistent attention.

As Councillor, I will regularly identify outstanding Ward 9 maintenance concerns, bring them to City staff, follow up, and communicate progress back to residents.

Where possible, I want residents to be able to see which neighbourhood concerns have been raised and receive updates on their progress.

As Ward 9 develops, our parks, trails, trees, and green spaces should remain an important part of neighbourhood planning.

I will support better trail connections, accessibility improvements, additional shade and seating where appropriate, and quality parks and public spaces for growing neighbourhoods.

New development should contribute to neighbourhoods that people actually enjoy living in.