Mayor Vickey Brown, Cumberland

Connect

• https://www.facebook.com/VickeyforCumberland/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickeybrown/
• 250.218.0321
• vickeyleabrown@gmail.com

Priorities:

This list includes work in progress, and initiatives I am keen to implement.

Leadership

Fresh new perspectives and innovative, strategic thinking is needed for Cumberland to thrive

Collaboration, effective communication and consultation so that all voices are included

Embrace difficult decisions and address challenging problems fully & transparently

Relationships: Team building and robust orientation for Council with senior staff

Smart development

Safe, family focused travel routes within & entering/exiting the Village

Create clear development bylaws that incorporate appropriate heritage, public, natural, and community spaces & climate resilience

Expand rental zoning & middle housing (duplexes/4 plexes/row housing)

Improved recreation, municipal, and cultural facilities 

Introduce a local impact investment fund and Local Development Corp for attainable housing and other community projects/initiatives.

Environment / Climate change 

Natural asset management strategy built into our development bylaws

Green infrastructure/community energy production/small hydro generation

Further address air quality issues

Consider a natural urban containment boundary 

Complete our Tree bylaw to ensure retention and planting in all neighborhoods and parks

Incorporate Climate Change as one of the primary lenses when we’re making our decisions.

Economic development 

Diversify Cumberland’s tax base

Support the continued industrial development of the Bevan lands 

Consider rezoning the industrial land on Cumberland rd to more mixed use

Re- engage the Economic Development steering committee

Support the Cumberland Business Association

Invest in Arts and Culture

Partnerships – supporting local non profits, service organizations, committees

Experience:

Local Government Experience:

School District 71 Board of Trustees 2014-2018 – Chair of Finance Committee, Audit Committee, Facilities Committee, Community Relations Committee. BCSPEA Rep

Advisory Planning Commission – Chair – Village of Cumberland

Economic Development Steering Committee – Village of Cumberland

Village of Cumberland Council – Elected 2018

Council liaison to Accessibility and Inclusion Committee

Council liaison to the Comox Valley Regional District Integrated Transportation Regional Select Committee

Council Appointee to the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre Board

Alternate to the Cumberland Wastewater Advisory Committee

Council liaison to the Social Planning Society

Vancouver Island Regional Library Board – elected to executive in 2022

Alternate to the Economic Development Steering Committee

Participant in the Comox Valley Substance Use Strategy Committee and working group

Appointed to the UBCM Local Government Police Modernization Roundtable

Member – Climate Caucus

Participant in Phase One – Broken Drug Policies Local Elected Officials Group for the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Education

The Art and Science of Being Chair – Governance Solutions

Accepted into the Climate Caucus Program: Learning and Unlearning; First Steps Towards Collaborative Relations with First Nations Communities

Climate Leadership Institute 2022

Credit Union Director Achievement (All 3 levels completed)

Local government Leadership Academy 2018, 2022

Public Leadership Credential from Harvard Kennedy School, 2021

BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science from UVic

Community Economic Development Certificate from Simon Fraser

Work Experience

Cumberland Lake Wilderness Society – Executive Director (2018)

Comox Valley Farmers’ Market – Executive Director (7 years)

Business Owner – Tree Planting Company (6 years)

Bookkeeping – for the Waverley Hotel and our tree planting co. (3 years)

Moss Street Market – Coordinator (3 years)

Project Watershed – Business Partnership Program Coordinator

Hospitality – Server for many years

Landscaping – to put myself through UVic

Volunteer experience:

Board of Directors – First Credit Union (second term) Chair of Nominations Committee

Board of Directors – Chair – BC Association of Farmers’ Markets (6 years)

Board of Directors – Chair – Cumberland Community School Society (4 years)

Advisory Planning Commission – Chair – Village of Cumberland

OCP revision and bylaws update committee – Village of Cumberland

Economic Development Steering Committee – Village of Cumberland

Coal Hills BMX Executive

Board of Directors – Moss Street Market

Consistent Volunteer for many community events!