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POLITICAL CAREER
- Established policy leading to the reorganization of the City Bureaucracy, resulting in savings of over $8.5 million per year.
- Championed Greenbelt Initiative to save open space and farmland outside of the City.
- Founded Washtenaw Metro Alliance for cooperative planning with neighboring communities.
- Founded the Clean Communities Program to clean up and protect neighborhoods.
- Pushed through the non-motorized initiative to move Ann Arbor to the forefront in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
- Protected and expanded human services funding.
- Promoted the building of new affordable housing.
- Launched Ann Arbor into a renewable energy future with the Mayor’s Green Energy Challenge (2005) (30% renewable by 2010)
- Established initiative to bring commuter rail service to Ann Arbor (2006).
- Re-established infrastructure repair and improvements as a priority in Ann Arbor.
- Mayor Hieftje keeps open office hours every week to meet with residents.
- Member of City Council, 1999-2000: Initiated the passage of a ban on mercury thermometers, and sponsored and passed, Millage reduction.
BOARDS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
- Board of Directors, Lake Superior Conservancy and Watershed Council, Sault St. Marie, Ontario, 2004 – Present.
- Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority, 2002 – Present
- Chair: Urban Core Mayor’s of Michigan. (2004-05)
- Member: The Wolfpack of the National Wildlife Federation since 2002
- Board of Directors Huron River Watershed Council, (1998-present)
- Chair of the Board of Directors Recycle Ann Arbor (1989 – 1990)
AWARDS
- Elected Local Official of the Year, Michigan Parks Association, 2004
- Conservation Leadership Award, Greater Detroit Audubon Society, 2004
- Preservationist of the Year, Washtenaw Land Trust, 2003
ACADEMIC CAREER
- Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy 2005 – present
EDUCATION
- B.S. Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, Magna Cum Laude
- Graduate of Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School
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