Campaign Phone
(406)210-8059
Missoula is a beautiful city with many free amenities that have been paid for by passionate people that have gone out and found new ways to improve the quality of life. Much of what has been accomplished, in Missoula, over the last decade was intended to change the quality of life within this town for a very long time.
The best way that the City of Missoula can improve upon what has been built is really work on building community around all of the changes and advancements we have made within infrastructure. Community events highlight the work that has been done also gives Missoula an opportunity to enhance the relationships we all have together, and lift up the people that could use more connection to the community and resources.
Missoula was founded by a community of people that worked together to make one tribe out of many cultures. Over the course of the last 150 years the people within Missoula have always looked out for the communities ability to thrive. The town has continuously found new ways to find and use resources to support economic growth and conservation efforts. In the past the town had focused on logging to decrease and manage wildfires and create timber for development and other town needs.
The drive the community has to move forward and find new solutions catapults the priorities made within the values of the community. Missoula is inclusive, protects the freedoms of all people, and looks out for all community members as it grows.
The strategies used before the last change worked best. Those strategies brought people to the tools they need to navigate adversity. People were led to find solutions and push through trauma, which healed their experience much faster than the current model. I believe that if Missoula leaned into what we did in the past, and helped people through by teaching them to advocate for themselves, we would see the same success rate the town saw previously. It would also decrease the amount of people in shelters, that have a rise of violence within them (due to the lack of structure). The best part about leaning into what we did before is that many people still working in key positions remember how they navigated their positions then.
Missoula has been tearing down old buildings and building new buildings to replace them. The amount of rent in the new building is much more because it costed alot to make. There are many older apartments in town. Those apartments could be sold as condos at reasonable prices because they are a little older. They can be bought by a nonprofit or with some investment of the community and rented for the amount it costs to maintain and insure the complex. Investing in older buildings also keeps the price of housing down because the market does not get saturated by new infrastructure and development.
Campaign Phone
4062395654
The City of Missoula is committed to intentional, responsive local government, even as other levels feel stalled or chaotic. These broader shifts impact us all, and we remain focused on working collaboratively with our community—listening, convening, and staying creative to endure this period. Our commitment to integrity, transparency, and thoughtful decision-making doesn’t change with federal leadership. We will continue to ask: who benefits, and who bears the burden? There are tough decisions ahead, but in uncertain times, I will be a steady hand—prioritizing solutions over division, action over rhetoric, and stability over politics.
Missoulians value community, belonging, neighborliness, and civic engagement. We embrace diversity, cherish our natural environment, and foster innovation and creativity. These values guide our priorities: expanding housing choice, addressing climate resilience, improving infrastructure and safety, and supporting sustainable economic growth. I’m committed to a responsive, efficient, and innovative local government that builds trust and enhances well-being. We’ll tackle rising living costs, strengthen the economy, and ensure Missoula remains livable and vibrant. Housing choice and affordability remain a top priority. I will lead with transparency, accountability, and collaboration to support a thriving community.
The solution to homelessness is housing and access to supportive services. Missoula has made progress through collaboration and community-wide strategies, starting with Reaching Home: Missoula’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. Key achievements include the Coordinated Entry System, which streamlines housing services, prioritizes the most vulnerable, and uses real-time data. Projects like Blue Heron Place offer permanent supportive housing. Our new strategy, On Our Way Home, builds on this work, identifying current challenges and guiding future action. I support initiatives like Built for Zero to reduce homelessness measurably. We are aligning City efforts with housing-first solutions, and expanding housing choice through code reform.
We’re acting with urgency and boldness to address Missoula’s housing needs. We're finalizing a Unified Development Code to support diverse housing and business spaces in all neighborhoods, focusing on supply, diversity, and equity. We're also redeveloping 45 acres of City-owned land for housing and commercial use. Through our housing strategy A Place to Call Home, and tools like the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and Workforce Housing Program, we support local affordable housing efforts. Projects like the Scott Street homeownership development and Opportunity, Inc.’s affordable rentals show how public-private partnerships and tax increment financing are creating real results. We’ll keep learning, evaluating, and improving.
Campaign Phone
4062408450
Missoula County School Board
MT
We can concentrate our efforts on maximizing our funds where truly needed at our local level.
Equality and Unity, I will work to assure that all Missoulians are treated fairly and have work to Unite us all, erasing the divisions many of us are feeling. We all deserve equal opportunities.
The latest ordinances restricting where camping is allowed was a good step forward towards protecting the rivers and ground water as well as public safety, However it is not enforced enough allowing sex, theft and drug related crimes. We need to have a little tough love towards the unhoused, providing help to those who need it and actually want it. Just giving out handouts continuously is enabling not helping them.
The current strategy could be much more effective if we were faster at approving building and developments, to get projects moving faster, Time is money and the longer a project takes to get off the ground the more it costs. When the city buys property it removes it from the tax rolls decreasing the tax revenue, causing tax rates to rise, we need to promote affordable houses for purchase so they will be on the tax rolls.
