Lake Forest Park is our home.  When the Sheridan Market closed in 2017, we invested our life savings to purchase the Market to preserve its unique place in local history and re-establish it as a place for our community to meet and connect with one another.  With a keen eye on fiscal responsibility and accountability, I will work diligently to protect our unique environment, watershed, and tree canopy; to maintain and improve our parks, streets, and sidewalks; on housing policies that balance population density with the unique character of our community.  And for this to work there must be solid alignment between the city council and city administration. These are real challenges that require hard decisions, prioritization, and tradeoffs.  If elected, my promise is this: the beneficiaries of this challenging work will be first and foremost the citizens of our community.  That is my promise to you. 

LFP is one of the safest and most beautiful cities in Washington which is why my family moved here. It’s important to me that we keep it that way.  As an avid cyclist and Cascade Bicycle Club member I spend a considerable amount of time biking our streets and enjoying the landscape. We owe our families safer biking and walking paths near busy roadways.  It’s time for sidewalks and safe roads.  We also have a waterfront park that we can shape into something amazing for everyone.

In addition to infrastructure improvements, support of our great police force is vital as crime and drugs creep toward LFP.  Unfortunately, we lack a substantial commercial tax base to fund everything we need. Together we can create a stable financial plan to move our city forward. 

Please share your thoughts at www.dustinshafferforlfpcouncil.com, and let’s work together to build the city we deserve.

As your representative, I will leverage my experience in research and analytics honed while achieving a Major in Environmental Studies and a Minor in Marine Biology. On Council, I will represent the needs of our diverse residents.  The city needs safer roads, carefully cited-sidewalks, and controlled growth in line with the State’s goals of increasing middle housing.  Additional density in LFP should be low-impact, and support affordable housing while preserving character, beauty, and quality.

LFP has functional, biodiverse ecosystems, splendid open spaces, parks, and phenomenal volunteers. I will enact policies that support and improve on these admirable qualities and work diligently to ensure our City’s newest waterfront park rapidly becomes a place for all to enjoy nature.

Working together we can realize a sustainable, growing, economically vibrant, and equitable community.  I would be honored to connect, listen, discuss, and encourage local advocacy. Please submit your vote for Stephanie in August!