A healthy, equitable community is a community that offers social, physical, and mental well-being to its residents.

So, how can Newport do this? To start, it’s through healthy housing, healthy neighborhoods, healthy schools, and a healthy economy.

I was fortunate enough to be selected to serve on the Newport Charter Review Commission that was commissioned in December 2021, and the goal was to ensure that the city’s Charter reflected diversity, inclusion, and equity which would offer fair representation to Newport citizens.

Our infrastructure is the foundation of our city and is comprised of our roads and sidewalks, our water systems (water supply, storm water, and wastewater systems), our utilities, telecommunications, and our buildings. To say it’s vital to our quality of life is an understatement.

Public education is a right that ALL people should have the opportunity to receive.

What makes that quality education happen is providing the STUDENTS the resources that they need to succeed.

Attainable housing is one of the larger issues that Newport has been facing over the past few years and it’s having the greatest impact on the City’s workforce and retirement community.