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Liz Simonson's Bio Page
 
  • Lived in Woodstock for almost 20 years

  • Small Business Owner of Blue Mountain Gardens, garden center and landscape design company

  • Employed as a business executive for 14 years to the JCPenney Co, providing marketing and product development

  • Served on the Woodstock Town Board for 2 terms with many accomplishments

  • Leader in writing the Telecommunications Law for the Town


  • Leader in drafting the Woodstock Ethics Law enacted in 2000

  • Founding member of the present WoodstockCommunity Garden and helped write the grant that has provided all the physical upgrades

  • Wrote two grants of $40,000+ which enabled the Town to purchase GIS technology and personnel training for its Planning Department

  • Supporter of protecting the Open Space at the Comeau Property

  • Supporter of the Comprehensive Plan in order to guide the Town for future development

  • Project coordinator of the Sawkill Stewardship Grant

  • Member of the Highway Facility Committee

  • Member of the Cell Tower Siting Committee



Councilwoman Simonson
and
Congressman Maurice Hinchey


 

Councilwoman Simonson working to construct the fence at the Community Garden

 

 

 

" I want a community in which citizen participation is nurtured
and decisions are built on consensus".