Business Advocacy and Leadership

I led two successful advocacy campaigns via letter writing for the business district I represented. These campaigns focused on influencing municipal public policy for infrastructure revitalization, and to obtain funding to support safety initiatives.

Safety & Security Advocacy: Successfully advocated for and secured $367,000 from municipal government in targeted funding ($167,000 vandalism relief grant + $200,000 for street team) to enhance public safety and provide direct support to local businesses.

Infrastructure Revitalization Policy:
Our business district advocated for a public realm strategy led by the City which would see revitalization of infrastructure that was over 40 years old. We launched a joint letter writing campaign with another significant advocacy group and influenced the City to approve the project for future implementation.