I'm running to bring new leadership to Lakewood, to keep our neighborhoods safe, clean, and family-friendly, and to make our downtown vibrant with new life and stronger business.
--Tom Bullock
Tom Bullock is endorsed by:
- Democracy for America, Northeast Ohio Chapter
- Journeymen Plumbers' Union, Local No. 55
- Linda Beebe, Attorney, Member, Lakewood Board of Education
- John Bender, Member, Ohio Board of Education
- Betsy Bergen Shaughnessy, Member, Lakewood Board of Education
- Michael Dever, Lakewood City Council, At-Large
- Deb Sweeney, Member, Lakewood Board of Education
- 21st Century Democrats
- Cuyahoga County Young Democrats
Tom Bullock's Downtown Development Plan
Building Prosperity by strengthening business to lower taxes
- Create a pedestrian-only public square lined with shops and cafes
- Bring an open-air market to the downtown on warm-weather weekends
- Expand on the success of Lakewood Arts Festival by adding annual street fairs during spring and fall
- Expand sidewalks and upgrade streetscape to enhance walkability of downtown [Streamline permits and sign rules make it easier to open and run businesses in Lakewood
- Expand no-meter parking for weekend and evening shopping hours
- Add bicycle parking to reduce number of cars on streets and to make Lakewood cyclist-friendly
- Add bike lanes to keep sidewalks walkable for pedestrians
- Streamline permits and sign rules make it easier to open and run businesses in Lakewood
- Crack down on commercial landlords who don't upgrade buildings to top-rate business space
- Fix "broken teeth" by requiring facade improvements for long-vacant storefronts
- Organize a safety and noise plan to address nuisance patrons leaving corner bars
- Accelerate completion of the beach project at Lakewood Park to raise home values
- Expand clean up crews at Lakewood parks by charging fees to outside groups
Additional Writing on Economic Development by Tom
Below are links to a feature series, 'Lakewood on the Threshold', written by Tom for the Lakewood Observer. The series explored what path to economic development best fits Lakewood."
Each article tackles questions facing Lakewood, a still-robust inner-ring suburb in an 'old economy' region: how to draw out its potential as a sustainable, livable community that will attract the workers of tomorrow’s knowledge-based economy.
Click here for Lakewood on the Threshold I: Renewing Lakewood As a Livable Community.
Click here for Lakewood on the Threshold II: A Conversation With Lakewood’s Own Experts: What Paths to Development Might Lakewood Take In A Changing Economic Era?