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08/30/2017 09:34 AMChristine Goupil, the Democratic Town Committee-endorsed candidate for first selectman, currently serves on the Planning & Zoning Commission.
“I’ve spent years learning the governance of Clinton and I will represent our citizens and businesses with ethics and honesty,” Goupil said. “I will make Clinton the place to do business, and attract new businesses to our town to increase the Grand List. I will lower taxes through economic development and smart growth initiatives, and fight for the vitality of our community by harnessing under-utilized business opportunities such as Unilever, Old Morgan, downtown Clinton, Stanley Bostitch, and the other brownfield sites.
“As an experienced project manager, I also will facilitate communication and appropriate long-term strategic planning with the various boards and commissions.”
Goupil hopes to make the town more business friendly, and said if she becomes first selectman she would “work with the Board of Finance in a transparent way to look at tax incentives.”
Goupil served on the committee that recently revised the Town Plan of Conservation and Development (TPCD), which said “really speaks to every facet of the town.”
“My proudest accomplishment is managing the TPCD, which was adopted in November 2015 by the Planning & Zoning Commission and endorsed by the Board of Selectmen as the town’s guiding document. The town plan was developed through a five-year process of engagement with every town board and commission, civic organizations, and public outreach, plus incorporates numerous studies on attracting new businesses to Clinton while preserving and protecting our community character.”
Regarding the development of the Old Morgan School, Goupil said, “First and foremost, I would look at successful developments in the region and engage with those developers. Who better to comment on the direction of the property and who might be interested?”