“Kathy has enthusiasm, Kathy has energy, but more importantly, Kathy is concerned about the citizens of Charlottesville,” said School Board Chair Leah Puryear, as she introduced Kathy Galvin, the latest City Council candidate to announce, to a large Downtown Mall crowd. “She is concerned about all people in the City of Charlottesville, from [ages] 8 to 80, regardless of socioeconomics, regardless of income. Kathy is our candidate.”
Galvin, a Charlottesville School Board member and self-described "proud Democrat," announced her candidacy this afternoon for one of the three open seats on Council. Also an architect, Galvin was involved with the site design for Crozet’s Old Trail development; her firm contributed to the development of the Places 29 and Crozet master plans.
Galvin told family, friends and fellow school board members that she planned to run a “positive, issues-based campaign.”
“All of you want good, effective government, and care about the future of Charlottesville, so I do,” she said.
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Family and friends of Kathy Galvin show their support.
A graduate of Boston University and the University of Virginia, Galvin also serves on the Housing Advisory Committee, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority Redevelopment Committee, and the City’s Capital Improvement Program Committee. She is also the chair of the Development Areas Initiative Steering Committee for Albemarle County.
“I am running for Council because I believe that as a city we need to be greener in how we build and how we plan, smarter on how we work together, set priorities and execute those priorities, [and] stronger in order to meet the global economic challenges of the 21st century,” she said.
Galvin joins a candidate field that includes fellow Democrats James Halfaday and incumbent Councilor Satyendra Huja, as well as Independent candidates Brandon Collins, Bob Fenwick and Scott Bandy.