Vote to Keep Cascade Strong!  Experience.  Integrity.  Results.

 Our GOAL has been to make Cascade an even better place to live and do business.  We understand and have worked in Parks and Open Space, Finance and Budgeting, Infrastructure, the Planning Commission, The Zoning Board of Appeals, the Downtown Development Authority, Public Safety Advisory Council, the Personnel Committee, the 10-year Master Plan, Treasury, and other areas.  Experience and results matter.

As your trustees, we have achieved numerous objectives that support this goal, including the following: 

• Balanced budgets
• High quality marks from external auditors
• Standard & Poor’s Bond Rating of AAA (highest rating in the state)
• Replaced unfunded pension liability with a 401(k) style retirement program.
• Spent years to make Cascade Peace Park and Burton Park a reality through Open Space funds, a state grant, and voter approval.
• Mailing to all residents explaining how Cascade revenues are invested in Cascade and why (available at www.cascadetwp.org/Reference-Desk/Newsletter/2019/Special-Edition/aspx)
• Authorized and paid for an environmental baseline study to ensure airport stormwater does not degrade the quality of the Thornapple River.
• Worked with airport officials for increased testing of PFAS in Cascade.
• All inclusive playground in Cascade Park that provides access for people of all ages and abilities.
• Managed and facilitated unprecedented commercial and industrial growth in Cascade.
• Facilitated the YMCA to establish a recreation facility in Cascade at no taxpayer cost.
• Reduced library and pathway millages approved by voters, saving homeowners hundreds in taxes each year without effecting service.
• Encouraged and supported Fire Department work to improve Cascade’s ISO rating, which could lower residents’ insurance.
• Worked to create a resident-driven survey for new pedestrian paths, which was voted for by residents.
• Supported a year-long program to get resident input on Cascade’s needs and priorities.
• Created a plan of action to replace Fire Station 1, which was selected by residents as the township’s top priority.
• Sought new ways to improve resident communication via Facebook, direct mailings, Newsletters, and e-News e-mails.
• Invested in water and sewer utilities in industrial areas to promote economic growth
• Improved 22 miles of local roads the last two years by partnering with, and committing early to special funding, with the KCRC.
• Implemented improvements for the commercial viability of the 28^th Street and Cascade commercial areas by making improvements in sidewalks, lighting, road, transportation upgrades, and intersection improvements.