Protect and expand Provo’s unparalleled access to natural beauty so everyone in Provo can be within a 5-minute walk to a public open space:
Conserve natural assets (Provo Canyon, Provo River, Slate Canyon, Utah Lake)
Enhance parks and community spaces with features like night lighting, pocket parks, and year-round restrooms
Preserve the foothills and our river through land purchases/swaps, strengthening the critical hillside zone, and introducing a river overlay zone
Make the new Epic Sports Park more accessible to the public
Help Provo be one of the safest communities in the nation:
Improve street safety for pedestrians and cyclists by making traffic calming measures and safe crosswalks a greater part of our transportation plan
Ensure the police department has the resources for proper training and matching services to situational needs
Strengthen local businesses to make Provo more vibrant and improve our tax base:
Help small businesses with coaching, such as holding new business office hours with local business and government leaders
Reach out to failed businesses to gather feedback and understand challenges, improving future support efforts
Implement programs to work with landlords to lower rent for small businesses, making it easier for them to operate
Highlight local businesses through city channels, increasing visibility and community engagement
Help ensure Provo delivers high-quality, transparent, efficient, and accountable governance to all Provo residents, regardless of their district:
Help busy citizens understand Provo developments with regular, easy-to-read financial reports and updates on city initiatives
Better notifications to affected small business owners when a change is affecting them
Develop clear, codified policy frameworks that empower the executive branch
Help Provo run more efficiently, drawing on my experience working with Texas, Arizona, and New York state governments
Help make Provo a place where people of different income and opportunity levels can find safe and secure housing:
Help make housing more affordable by improving permitting and studying how the city can bring down the marginal cost of production
Increase the variety of housing options to match different family budgets
Help unhoused have the resources they need to be safe and improve their condition
