Audrey Moran Announces Run For Mayor

[stephendare]

Although I posted earlier today that Jerry Holland had announced her campaign, it was part of a group.

This is good news.  Audrey is a very high quality candidate for Mayor.

[vicupstate]

Very early in the process.  I wonder if it will spur others to announce soon as well.

[thelakelander]

Just wondering, does she have a position on rail-based mass transit?

[vicupstate]

Is an MJ interview in the ofting ?

[tufsu1]

Audrey is a New Urbanist, Ennis.

what makes you say this?

[heights unknown]

New Urbanist huh?  Man or Woman?  Doesn't matter, as long as he/she has a vision and staunch goals to help Jax progress successfully into what it never was and should be.

Heights Unknown

[mtraininjax]

Audrey is a very high quality candidate for Mayor.

She is plain and simple a "feel good candidate", since she has never held an elected office. She is a nice person and the work at the center is exemplary. The question voters have to contend with is, "Do we want to elect another person (peyton) who never held an elected position prior to the largest election in Jacksonville?"

Whoever gets Peyton's endorsement, should flush it down the toilet.

[vicupstate]

Delaney never held public office either prior to being elected Mayor, but he HAD been Chief of staff to a Mayor (Ed Austin).  Moran was Delaney's Chief of Staff. 

Elected experience is valuable but GOVERNMENT experience is the truer prerequisite , IMO.

[tufsu1]

As is work in both the corporate and non-profit sectors....Ms. Moran has all 3

[Ocklawaha]

Just wondering, does she have a position on rail-based mass transit?

Okay boys, wanna meet some Monday with Audrey, we'll wrap the streetcar wire to her shoes and flip the switch... That way we'll know if she is palatable or more burnt toast.

OCKLAWAHA

[FayeforCure]

As is work in both the corporate and non-profit sectors....Ms. Moran has all 3

Excellent. I'll have to check her out!

[jbroadglide]

Okay what is a New Urbanist??

[thelakelander]

New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s and continues to reform many aspects of real estate development and urban planning.

New Urbanism is strongly influenced by urban design standards prominent before the rise of the automobile and encompasses principles such as traditional neighborhood design (TND) and transit-oriented development (TOD). It is also closely related to Regionalism and Environmentalism.


The organizing body for New Urbanism is the Congress for the New Urbanism, founded in 1993. Its foundational text is the Charter of the New Urbanism, which says:

We advocate the restructuring of public policy and development practices to support the following principles: neighborhoods should be diverse in use and population; communities should be designed for the pedestrian and transit as well as the car; cities and towns should be shaped by physically defined and universally accessible public spaces and community institutions; urban places should be framed by architecture and landscape design that celebrate local history, climate, ecology, and building practice.

New urbanists support regional planning for open space, context-appropriate architecture and planning, and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe their strategies can reduce traffic congestion, increase the supply of affordable housing, and rein in urban sprawl. The Charter of the New Urbanism also covers issues such as historic preservation, safe streets, green building, and the redevelopment of brownfield land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Urbanist

According to Duany and Plater-Zyberk, the heart of New Urbanism is in the design of neighborhoods, which can be defined by thirteen elements:

1. The neighborhood has a discernible center. This is often a square or a green and sometimes a busy or memorable street corner. A transit stop would be located at this center.

2. Most of the dwellings are within a five-minute walk of the center, an average of roughly 1/4 mile or 1,320 feet (0.4 km).

3. There are a variety of dwelling types â€" usually houses, rowhouses, and apartments â€" so that younger and older people, singles, and families, the poor, and the wealthy may find places to live.

4. At the edge of the neighborhood, there are shops and offices of sufficiently varied types to supply the weekly needs of a household.

5. A small ancillary building or garage apartment is permitted within the backyard of each house. It may be used as a rental unit or place to work (for example, an office or craft workshop).

6. An elementary school is close enough so that most children can walk from their home.

7. There are small playgrounds accessible to every dwelling â€" not more than a tenth of a mile away.

8. Streets within the neighborhood form a connected network, which disperses traffic by providing a variety of pedestrian and vehicular routes to any destination.

9. The streets are relatively narrow and shaded by rows of trees. This slows traffic, creating an environment suitable for pedestrians and bicycles.

10. Buildings in the neighborhood center are placed close to the street, creating a well-defined outdoor room.

11. Parking lots and garage doors rarely front the street. Parking is relegated to the rear of buildings, usually accessed by alleys.

12. Certain prominent sites at the termination of street vistas or in the neighborhood center are reserved for civic buildings. These provide sites for community meetings, education, and religious or cultural activities.

13. The neighborhood is organized to be self-governing. A formal association debates and decides matters of maintenance, security, and physical change. Taxation is the responsibility of the larger community.

[mtraininjax]

Hogan, when he announces, is going to be hard to beat. He has the credentials and personality to win this.

[buckethead]

Would she be Jacksonville's first female Mayor?

Historic? I'm working the gimmick angle.