Liz Black

Environment / Energy Cities should be built to minimize environmental impacts and foster long-term adaptability to climate change including planting trees, increasing pedestrian and non-car transportation accessibility, building toward environmental design guidelines, and improving shade equity for all. Housing Pedestrian-friendly, mixed use, attractive, multi-modal communities support local economies, preserve local businesses, keep open space and natural habitats outside City limits wild, and foster in-person connection, human health, and neighborhood vitality because they keep people rooted in their local neighborhoods. Housing Attainable housing should accommodate the changing demographics of our society including ample affordable housing, compact building design, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, cooperative housing, higher density around multi-modal transportation like light rail, and equitable distribution of neighborhood amenities like public parks. Infrastructure / Transportation We should always work toward increasing and promoting free, equitable amenities that increase human connection including parks, open spaces, community gathering spaces like local coffee shops, galleries, and other. Whenever possible, these amenities should be free of charge, open to all, and easy to access via bike, bus, and pedestrian routes.