Timm Kurtz
Artist, Author, Innovator, Entrepreneur
Artist, Author, Innovator, Entrepreneur
TIMM - POLITICIAN
WANT TO KNOW WHERE TIMM STANDS ON
KEY ISSUES VOTERS CARE ABOUT?
“2009 Common Sense Platform For The Office Of Mayor (brief) ”
Leadership:
- Diversity. I’ll work to represent the changed demographics of Hendersonville by encouraging youth and minority participation through targeted events, better use of technologies, and active community involvement.
- Implementation. I believe in assertive politics - making things happen, rather than hoping something good comes your way. For too long cities around Hendersonville have chose the “build it and they will come” approach to managed growth and are seeing rewards from their decisions. Hendersonville has relied on the “let’s not build it - then we don’t have to worry about it” policy that has deterred growth and opportunities.
- Creative Economics. The salvation for Hendersonville and a means to transcend difficult times. By using the Arts, rather than conventional economics, i.e., real estate development and business subsidies to individual firms, Hendersonville shall once again become a destination, and a better and more interesting place to live.
- Accessibility and Transparency. There shall be a total revamping of the underutilized and embarrassing Community Public Access Television Station (PEG). The station will be linked to all county and city web sites and offer live internet access through an IPTV server. All committees and meetings shall be televised “live.” This will engage the community and force accountability. DHI strategies and events, including available properties and business recruit services, shall be featured weekly. Local employment listings and weekly updates on police, fire, weather, and health services, shall all be offered. Youth programming shall feature 2 hours per day dedicated to local happenings and utilize Middle and High School talent for broadcasts. Local area talent only will be featured for background music. 2 hour live broadcasts every Friday and Saturday night will feature local performances from locations in the county.
Goals:
- Convention Center. A modest convention center will create up to 200 new jobs and attract 80,000 new customers annually to the area. The center shall include 1 grand performance venue that will seat up to 2000 people, 2 smaller performance theaters, 2 large exhibition halls, 2 small halls, and for the very first time ever, will be built in conjunction with a new library, art museum, and arts education center. Hendersonville can only succeed in the convention business if it is well planned and it’s marketability focused to a “niche” customer base.
- HRPA (Hendersonville Redevelopment and Project Authority). The community shall begin an aggressive transition to remove and replace dilapidated and neglected environmental liabilities that deter investment and hurt the economy. Average residents shall have an opportunity to partner, vote on, construct, and own community projects.
- Restrooms, Gazebos, and Community Announcement Boards. The city would seek to purchase or lease unused property beneath Main Street to build a public restroom facility with placement room activity posts, posters, and announcements. The city would tear down the current gazebo and remove another existing planter on the other end of town, and replace them with historically accurate constructs containing public restroom facilities.
Initiatives:
- Total overhaul of ordinances pertaining to Main Street for conformity of events or happenings.
- Re-pave and refurbish Main Street and pertinent sidewalks.
- Pathway signs to Downtown, with gateway sculptures.
- Organized Public Arts Commission attracting the development of murals, statuary, sculpture, gathering areas, and public spaces.
- Refurbish and update existing parks and services. Initiate actions to consider building new parks with stocked fishing ponds built around access for the elderly and disabled, with bike and foot trails.
- Parking on Main Street and adjacent areas.
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TIMM STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH STATE SALES TAX INCREASE WHICH WILL FURTHER BURDEN FAMILIES AND HURT SMALL BUSINESS!
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MY OPPONENTS, 27 YEARS OF COMBINED COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP = NO CHANGE!
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TIME FOR A STRONG-MAYOR REFERENDUM? LET THE VOTERS DECIDE! A WEAK MAYOR = NO PROGRESS, IN-FIGHTING, AND NO ACCOUNTABILITY! IS THIS THE RIGHT GOVERNMENT FOR HENDERSONVILLE?
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MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN? PARKS? LIBRARIES? NATURE AND NURTURE!
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A REAL VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS!
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TIMM'S HRPA PROJECT - HENDERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT and PROJECT AUTHORITY, CITIZEN OWNERSHIP, PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY, MANAGED GROWTH!
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PUBLIC ART, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKING, AND HOW ABOUT PUBLIC RESTROOMS!
Timm wants you to know ...
- PROPS TO LOCAL CHURCHES! CrossWalk is a great community project from First Baptist Church!
- THE GREAT DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC SIGNAL FAILURE is a prime example of council indecision, fiscal irresponsibility, poor implementation by city management, and 3 years of lost revenues contributing to the closing of over 40 downtown businesses! All this with an architect , a city inspector, and your incumbent - Barbara Volk, currently running for Mayor on board? 1.3 Million Dollars of your money. Hmmm... We can see a lit cigarette from outer space but we can't figure out how to install traffic lights or stop signs?
- THERE EXISTS AN ANGEL somewhere near Anderson,
SC. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Thanks for the contributions. Your one of
earth's special people and I'm privileged to have you as my friend!!!
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