Late Night in Tigard with Mayor Snider

Executive Director, Community Housing Fund

What's your favorite late-night talk show?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Complete the sentence) I'll be happy that I attended 'Late Night in Tigard' if..

I get the usual dose of inspiration for the future, based on all that Tigard has accomplished in the past year.

What's you 'aha' moment when you felt part of the community?

Years ago, participating in the Vision process (late 90's) the community's willingness to look holistically at who was being served, and who was being left out?with a full focus on housing and homeless issues.

Since my daughter attended the Learning Tree on Hall Blvd., when I picked her up for a lunch date, grabbed a happy meal at McDonalds, and brought it to eat outside be Fanno Creek watching the nutria before stopping in the library to grab a bag full of books.

I lived in Garden Home, but my family's daily life was often centered in the community I worked in. Now my daughter is in her 20's, and working in a university library part-time. But I like to think it all started back then, when she was a toddler. She loves all libraries, but the Tigard Library was her first crush

Mayor Snider is committed to 'getting out of city hall and into your neighborhood.' What neighborhood or community events would you like to see the City of Tigard represented?

CPAH's Neighborhood Watch events this summer

Tigard Chamber Board Chair, Tigard-Tualatin Relay for Life Chair, Co-Owner of Edge One Media

What’s your favorite late-night talk show?

Now: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon or The Late Late Show with James Corden (Love some Carpool Karaoke)

Growing up: David Letterman (Until I saw his show LIVE and in person)

(Complete the sentence) I’ll be happy that I attended ‘Late Night in Tigard’ if….

You mention that the Tigard Tualatin Relay for Life won a nationwide award from the American Cancer Society in 2018 or anything about our event in July really! :)

Editor's Note: It's a great event. Check it out.

What’s your ‘aha’ moment when you felt part of the community?

Joining the Tigard Chamber of Commerce nearly 8 years ago and getting involved in the Tigard / Tualatin Relay for Life shortly after.

(Complete the sentence) The one thing that I’ve always wondered about the City of Tigard is…

How do they plan to support future growth for families who want BIG backyards and a nice size home.

Mayor Snider is committed to “getting out of city hall and into your neighborhood.” What are neighborhood or community events where you’d like to see the City of Tigard represented?

The Tigard Tualatin Relay for Life July 13th and 14th at Fowler Middle School in Tigard!

What’s your favorite late-night talk show?

Jimmy Fallon – especially when Justin Timberlake is on the show with him!

What’s your ‘aha’ moment when you felt part of the community?

So, I don’t live in Tigard, but am an employee of Tigard – I guess my “aha” moment was when I had facilitated my second Fireside Chat with Former Mayor Cook, and the regular attendees had already learned my name and welcomed me back by name - and then later on, when the Mayor was answering questions about current transportation issues facing Tigard and I was familiar with his responses. I thought to myself..”hey, I know this!”

Mayor Snider is committed to “getting out of city hall and into your neighborhood.” What are neighborhood or community events where you’d like to see the City of Tigard represented?

So, while I don’t live in a Tigard neighborhood, I’m familiar with the ice cream socials the city use to do in neighborhoods when I first started here. It was a really cool idea and I thought to myself at the time – why aren’t other communities doing this? I think it would be a great idea for the Mayor and/or City Councilors to do this a couple times throughout the spring/summer.