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The Wright Campaign Update ... District 3

Follow the Wright campaign as we travel around District 3 visiting voters. This past weekend - Amberfield

As part of our campaign for City Council (District 3) members of my campaign team and I are visiting various neighborhoods each weekend. The goal is both to meet voters to learn their specific concerns and also introduce myself and my campaign to the voters. 

Our new city is a large place … almost 40,000 residents.  Each geographic district (1, 2 and 3) is about 13,000 residents which, by itself, is larger than the town I grew up in. Like many of you, I am familiar with many parts of the new city but had not spent significant time in each and every neighborhood. During our blog updates here on the Patch, I will not only be providing some updates about our neighborhood campaign visits, but hopefully also sharing a little bit about the neighborhoods and their residents as we visit.  I think learning about our neighbors and where our neighbors live will, in a small way, help provide a stronger sense of community to our new city.

This past Saturday, we were in Amberfield.  Amberfield is a neighborhood of approximately 400 homes that was developed in the early 1990s. It is located directly behind The Forum and stretches from East Jones Bridge Road all the way to West Jones Bridge Road.  Due to the excellent sidewalk system in the area, its residents have easy walking and biking access to The Forum, the YMCA and Jones Bridge Park. Like many of the neighborhoods in District 3, it is zoned for Simpson Elementary, Pinckneyville Middle and Norcross High.

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One of things I learned on Saturday while traveling around is that tennis is serious business in Amberfield. Several residents mentioned to us that there was a big match that day against a rival neighborhood and that they were headed down to the courts to watch the matches. In some cases, these residents were not actually playing in the matches but were simply going down to cheer on friends and neighbors. I was very impressed with the general sense of community in this neighborhood.

During my talks with some of the residents of Amberfield, the concerns and questions I heard mirrored much of what I had heard in other neighborhoods. One of the biggest concerns I heard in Amberfield was about the trash situation. One resident mentioned to me that prior to the county plan being implemented that he was paying about $48 per month and with the county plan he now was paying about $84 per month to have the same level of service. On a percentage basis this came out to a 75 percent increase! It is certainly understandable why he and several other residents we spoke to were unhappy about the trash situation for their particular neighborhood. 

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As a person who works in corporate finance, one of my main tasks is to analyze situations and determine ways my company can more prudently spend their money and get the most value for that money. I assured each of the people that mentioned the trash situation to me that if I was fortunate enough to get elected to the council, that I would push to have any and all trash options examined and that getting maximum value for minimum cost would be the primary determinant of what trash plan I would support.          

I hope everyone has a great week, and I look forward to updating you next week from our next campaign stop.

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