Re-Elect Nancy Moore to Shaker City Council

Re-Elect Nancy Moore to Shaker City CouncilVote November 7th!
Nancy Moore 2019

Hello!

Why you should re-elect me to Shaker Heights City Council?

I know our community

My husband John and I have lived in the same home in the Sussex neighborhood since 1982. Our four grown children, David, Brian, Michael, and Katie, all attended Shaker public schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade. They are married now and live all over the U.S. and world. We always enjoy visiting our eight grandchildren, but Shaker is home. This is my community.

My educational background

includes a B.A. earned at both Vassar College and George Washington University and a M.S. in Linguistics from Georgetown University. I have worked as a high school teacher of French and German in both public and private schools, and I have been a freelance writer. During my life in Shaker Heights, I have also worked tirelessly as a leader in many, many community organizations.

My community involvement

has always been a labor of love, and it led me to serve for eight years on the Shaker Heights Board of Education, including terms as Vice President and President, focusing on improving the achievement of all children. During that time, I learned a lot about the very important and intricate inter-dependence among the Shaker Schools, Shaker Library, and Shaker Heights City Government. After our youngest child graduated from Shaker Heights High School, I decided to run for Shaker Heights City Council, because I knew my years of invaluable experience would be helpful in governing our community. Now, five City Council terms later, I believe the evidence is clear. Here are just a few examples of what we have accomplished together during recent years.

Nancy Moore 2019
  • The public/private partnership that is creating the Van Aken District to increase our tax base
  • The Lee Road Corridor Strategic Plan to redevelop the Lee Road business corridor
  • The creation and marketing of new housing products to attract and retain residents, such as the Townhomes of Van Aken, Upstairs at the Van Aken District, and the Moreland Rising initiative, which is producing new energy-efficient model infill homes for home-based business entrepreneurs and intergenerational living
  • Fiscal stability in City finances, marked by a healthy cash reserve and balanced budgets despite the pandemic and uncertain revenues
  • New leadership in our CALEA-certified Shaker Heights Police Department after a national search
  • Steady reinvestment in infrastructure with a focus on street resurfacing and sewer repair as well as regional collaboration with N.E.O.R.S.D. on its Master Plan for the Shaker Lakes and dams
My goals for the future of our community are real and achievable. They are to
  • Continue working collaboratively with my City Council colleagues and Mayor
  • Continue long-range strategic planning with the Schools and the Library
  • Continue adequate financing for street and sewer repairs and the elimination of SSOs (sanitary sewer overflows)
  • Implement a Strategic Planning Process for Recreation to define community needs for facilities
  • Continue to maintain our LEEDS Gold Standard for our City based on community-wide sustainability initiatives including solar, EVs, solid waste composting, the City's 100% renewable electric aggregation program and best land use practices
  • Continue to enact laws that protect the human rights of all Shaker residents

Throughout every day of my 28 years of public service to our community, I have been absolutely committed to making Shaker Heights a vibrant, diverse, economically sound, and very attractive place to live, to work, and to raise a family. I believe public service is a privilege. I have worked hard to respond to every communication I have received from you, while trying to find solutions to your problems and representing your views on issues of importance to you. If you do me the great honor of re-electing me to Shaker Heights City Council, then I will do you the honor of accomplishing everything I can to keep our community the very best it can be.

A quick overview of my service to our community:

  • 41-year Shaker resident
  • 28 years of experience in elective office in Shaker Heights
  • Shaker Heights Board of Education (8 years), Vice President and President
  • Shaker Heights City Council and Vice Mayor (20 years)
  • Doan Brook Watershed Partnership, President and liaison for City Council (20 years)
  • Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, City Council liaison (6 years)
  • Tree Advisory Board (20 years)
  • First Suburbs Consortium, City Council liaison (10 years)
  • Shaker Heights Youth Center, School Board and City Council liaison (28 years)
  • Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, member and Chair (28 years)
  • Board of Housing Appeals, member (14 years)
  • Landmark Commission, Chair (16 years)
  • Finance Committee, member and Chair (18 years)
  • Safety & Public Works Committee, member and Chair (6 years)
  • Sustainability Committee, member and Chair (4 years)
  • Recreation Committee (2 years)
  • Communications & Marketing Committee (2 years)
  • Planning Commission & Board of Zoning Appeals (2 years)
Please vote on Tuesday, November 7th.
Thank you for your support!