My wife Sallie and I settled in Carrboro for the reasons so many of us do—the vibrant artistic legacy, the warmth of the community, the inclusive and egalitarian values we share. Now I’m committed to another term serving on Carrboro Town Council because of what those values have given my family.

I can’t imagine a better place to raise my two daughters, and I want to keep working to make sure as many of my neighbors share my experience as possible. Skyrocketing housing prices are putting the community my family relies on out of reach for too many. Political headwinds at higher levels of government mean we have to fight harder to deliver services and infrastructure that serves everyone here. Carrboro is a special community because of its legacy of economic and racial diversity. That means that if we want to preserve our character, we need to keep growing in ways that honor that legacy.