Yemi Mobolade

all-time high, then District Attorney Dan May and I started the “Not One More Child Initiative” to educate young parents and protect our littlest citizens.

My goal is that all of us thrive! As the only candidate who has worked at the city, county, state, and national level of government, I am uniquely qualified. We have a beautiful city and a positive future. Please check out my website, leave your comments, or sign up to volunteer. I look forward to engaging with you to become our next mayor of Colorado Springs.

www.ElectClark.com - www.sallieclarkmayor.com

719-651-5030

Sallie@ElectClark.com

Current role or occupation: Owner and Co-Founder of the Meeting House Hospitality Group (Includes Wild Goose Meeting House & Good Neighbors Meeting House), and Niche Coaching & Consulting

Formal education: Bethel University, B.S in Computer Information Systems and B.A. in Business Administratio; Indiana Wesleyan University, Masters in Management and Leadership; A.W. Tozer Theological Seminary, Masters in Intellectual Leadership

Public service: 3 years as the City of Colorado Springs’ Small Business Development Administrator (2019-2021)

Colorado Springs resident: 13 years

I have experience bringing leaders and organizations together to solve our city’s most complex and pressing challenges. I’ve successfully elevated residents, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to economic security, and I’ve identified innovative solutions to support our business community. I have a proven track record of making government work better for the people it serves, and am able to unite diverse groups of people from all backgrounds and beliefs to work together and solve problems.

GROWTH:

I will promote responsible growth, guided by intelligent and sustainable principles that strengthen our city’s infrastructure so we can meet existing city demand and prepare for an expanding population. Specific action plans include:

Skills to be effective: I am a triple-strengths leader: executive experience and leadership from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Co-founded the nonprofit COSILoveYou; own three local businesses (Wild Goose Meeting House, Good Neighbors Meeting House, Niche Consulting); an economic developer and small business development administrator at the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC and City of Colorado Springs

Leadership tenets: Live courageously. Lead with empathy. Stay humble.

Crisis tenets: Live courageously. Lead with empathy. Stay humble.

1. Increase long-term funding and incentives to bring down the cost of housing development and increase housing supply.

2. Continue to leverage public-private partnerships and work closely with non-profit providers, city resources, and the development community to expedite and streamline the review process for affordable housing projects.

3. Implement RetoolCOS flexibility in zoning policy to encourage mixed-use development, housing diversity, and infill development to maximize existing water and sewer infrastructure.

4. Expand transportation options and enhance regional connectivity, including improving east-west roadways in the city.

COMMUNITY IMPACT:

1. I will work to protect our families and keep our neighborhoods safe, while strengthening partnerships with local providers to prevent and end homelessness. Specific actions plans includes:

2. Address police staffing shortages by adding more police academy training classes and bolster recruitment efforts concentrating especially on women and under-represented minorities.

3. Equip our officers with the best tools and training to fight crime including crisis intervention training, and tools to effectively address mental health issues.

4. Strengthen partnerships with our local providers to increase services to homeless neighbors and families. Give priority to organizations focused on mental health care.

5. Increase street outreach by expanding the homeless outreach team (HOT) to provide more officers to address homeless encampments. The HOT officers are trained to compassionately serve our homeless neighbors and direct them to housing and other services.

WATER:

Colorado Springs’ access to water is limited, therefore I will work to strengthen Colorado Springs’ water resources for today and tomorrow. Specific action plans include:

1. Partner with Colorado Springs Utilities in the full implementation of its Integrated Water Resource Plan (IWRP), utilizing subject matter experts to drive our strategy around water.

2. Support the creation of new supply through creative and innovative approaches, to include water sharing with agricultural outfits in the Lower Arkansas River Valley, while protecting and developing our existing water rights.

3. Support water conservation efforts through education, programs, and incentives to encourage residents to use water efficiently. Implement new land use policies to help conserve water.

BUDGET:

Maintaining fiscal discipline is essential to running a good business. This includes creating a budget, tracking spending, keeping costs down, identifying waste, building savings, em- ploying low-cost creative solutions, and having a contingency plan. The City has built its reserves responsibly over the past several years, and it is that sort of planning that is vital to weather difficult times. As a business leader, I will bring this discipline to the mayor’s office and our city’s finances. If and when recession comes, my plan is to evaluate all of the city’s operations and activities to determine effectiveness, redeploy time and resources, and reduce expenditures as needed.

ENERGY:

As our city grows and its energy consumption uses evolve, I will leverage the power of the executive branch and partner with City Council to keep our utility bills low and ensure reliability to the community, while pursuing responsible environmental practices and responding to the changing regulatory environment.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

I will put local businesses first by cutting unnecessary red tape, encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship, and prioritizing policies and programs that expand economic opportunity to all Colorado Springs residents. Specific action plans include:

1. Support the growth and expansion of small and local businesses, including “anchor industries” (i.e., defense, software, information technology, healthcare, and manufacturing) to drive job growth, promote health, and improve our quality of life.

2. Actively recruit new flagship companies to foster a diverse economy that will provide well-paying jobs to our residents. This includes keeping Space Command in Colorado Springs – our military service members and defense contractors play a vital role in the flourishing culture and economy of Colorado Springs.

3. Bolster the workforce development efforts in high-paying, in-demand jobs for the future and critical industries including healthcare; cybersecurity and software; and aerospace and defense.

4. Support career exploration and training programs for K-12 students through partnership with the Pikes Peak Business and Education Alliance, Careers in Construction Colorado, and other work-based learning opportunities.

Key Endorsements:: Ted Collas, Former Fire Chief of Colorado Springs Fire Department; Vance Brown, co-founder and former CEO of Cherwell Software, co-founder of the Classical Academy, and former CEO of National Cybersecurity Center; Larry Yonker, former president and CEO of Springs Rescue Mission, CEO The Schuck Foundation; BJ and Randy Scott, nonprofit management, organizational development executive consultants; Mary Lou Makepeace, former mayor of Colorado Springs and 2021 Spirit of the Springs, Lifetime Achievement Award; Mike Juran, co-founder and CEO of Altia and 2021 Chamber & EDC board chair; Susan Loo Pattee, entrepreneur, business leader and board chair of the Bloom Foundation; Rev. Ben Anderson, pastor of Solid Rock Christian Center and executive director of Solid Rock Community Development Corporation

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