Lisa Smith

Arvada City Council At-Large

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Dear Neighbors,
It is an honor to serve as your Arvada City Councilwoman! I have spent my life serving others, through military service, social work, disaster response, and volunteerism. I ran for City Council for the same reason I volunteered to serve my country — to give back to our great community!
Arvada deserves a leader with ground-level experience and strong problem-solving skills to listen and represent the people of Arvada to advocate for all our needs, like housing, multi-modal transportation, and safety.
Our neighbors now have a leader ready to listen and engage all Arvadans! My core values have always been: work hard, serve others and speak up. I will bring this to city council.

It has been an honor to work with the Arvada City Charter Committee, Chamber Resiliency Taskforce, Chamber Government Affairs Committee, and Jeffco Community Advisory Board serving our vulnerable community members as well as our entire city.
I am excited to continue my service for others through Arvada City Council At Large! Please reach out to me directly and let's get a conversation going!

Lisa Smith
Email: Lisa@LisaForArvada.com Phone: (720) 675-8854‬

Lisa's Focus Areas

Smart Housing Policy

Lisa has demonstrated success in promoting housing equity and accessibility. She believes the best ideas and policies come from communities and organizations working together.
By supporting smart transit-based, co-housing, and grant allocations for people to become homeowners, we can create a safer and stronger community. She supports creative ideas such as home-sharing programs, microloans, and first-time homebuyer programs. She will move forward on these goals through community partnerships, streamlined collaboration of resources and through an increase in grant applications.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Lisa believes that expanding mitigation services, proper native landscaping, educational programs, and waste reduction programs like "smart water sensors" and efficient appliance exchanges are ways to help educate and reduce waste of our precious water supply.
Lisa's focus on council will be to push for the completion of the missing 25 miles of sidewalks, completing bike paths through applications of existing grant money. She would like to see some of the money saved be repurposed towards the backlog several million dollar backlog of road repairs throughout our city

Effective City Services and Safety

Lisa served as a military police officer in the Air Force and has a unique lens to bring to council to help tackle the growing crime in Arvada. She supports elevating the co-response model to better respond to mental health crises and those experiencing homelessness.
Lisa's background in policing ensures she will be able to advocate for effective training and recruitment to ensure our police are prepared, properly trained, and fully staffed in Arvada. Additionally she would like to expand the co-responder program.

Lisa is committed to working hard and promoting a healthy, safe, vibrant community where we ALL can thrive!

Lisa will use her skills, experience, and strengths to elevate and empower the people towards an equitable and economically secure life. Her background in working with vulnerable populations and developing smart housing programs will help our city towards creative solutions to age-old problems.
Lisa's biggest strength is bringing people together and activating towards a common goal. She hopes to better engage and connect with our residents so they feel heard. She has the passion, skills, and strength to create practical policies towards equitable economic upward mobility.