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ature has provided some calming, beautiful scenery this spring while life as we’ve known it has been put on pause in Jeffersontown, across the country and in the world. The cherry blossom trees that stand guard at Freedom Wall in Jeffersontown’s Veterans Memorial Park were in full bloom a few weeks ago, giving a symbolic sign of hope for brighter days ahead.

I know all of us long for the days when we can share life together again as the people of Jeffersontown — at our schools, community groups, churches, sports leagues, businesses, neighborhoods and events of all kinds. We have such a strong sense of community Photo courtesy Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group here, and it’s tough to weather the challenges that isolation and lack of in-person connectivity bring.

Now our strong sense of community has been repurposed into a resiliency that requires us to be kind to each other by staying home to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

It’s hard to imagine that even coffee with a neighbor or a playdate with toddler friends can spread the virus and unknowingly undermine the self-quarantine efforts of many others.

Jeffersontown’s leaders thank those of you who have a commitment to social distancing when you are grocery shopping, running necessary errands and picking up food from our restaurants here. This is how you do your part to be this generation’s patriots.

We also appreciate the health care workers and first responders who are putting their health and lives at risk for us. They are the front-line soldiers of this battle, and we owe them our deepest gratitude. We also want to thank the other members of the business community and their workers, who are transporting and delivering goods, stocking shelves, preparing and serving food, checking out shoppers, and creating protective equipment to help keep Mayor Bill Dieruf those safe who are working in the midst of this crisis.

In addition, Jeffersontown is blessed by many who have stepped up and shown kindness by assisting the more fragile members of our community by donating food, running errands, and checking on neighbors.

We don’t know when life will return to something close to any normal that we’ve known. But we hope it won’t be too long before we see Jeffersontown’s parks and other public spaces filled with families, enjoying activities, events and each other.

In the meantime, the Jeffersontown City Council and I encourage you to stay strong as we remain confident and focused on the fact that better days lie ahead for all.

Best regards,

Jeffersontown Mayor Bill Dieruf

Find up-to-date info on the Plainview Swim Center and other activities and events in the City of Jeffersontown at http://www.jeffersontownky.gov or on Facebook at @cityofjeffersontownky

FARMERS MARKET ON TRACK FOR MAY 2 OPENING The City of Jeffersontown is working with the local Farmers Market committee, the Community Farm Alliance and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture to determine proper protocols for vendors and customers in order to operate a safe and healthy Farmers Market in Jeffersontown.

The Farmers Market operates at the Jeffersontown Pavilion, 10434 Watterson Trail, on Saturdays. Visit www.jeffersontownky.gov and check our Facebook page often for updates, times and guidelines as efforts are under way to start the market’s season, which currently is scheduled to begin on May 2.

For entertainment and education while everyone is staying home, our arts program is posting fun activities each week on Facebook at @cityofjeffersontownky.

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PHASE II IMPROVEMENTS ARE UNDER WAY FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK Jeffersontown residents have been enjoying Phase I improvements at Veterans Memorial Park since the debut of Veterans Memorial Plaza in November 2018 and a new fully accessible playground that opened in February 2019.

The park improvement project began in 2015, and now Phase II is under way with architectural design of an amphitheater in the works.

The amphitheater eventually will be the site of concerts, theatrical performances and other community events. It will be located north of the existing park on property that once was the site of a sewage treatment plant.

As an assist to the talented professionals working on the project, Jeffersontown turned to The Louisville Orchestra’s Teddy

This drawing by Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group is a concept only. Architectural design of the amphitheater is in the works.

Abrams for guidance to ensure the amphitheater is performance ready.

“We’re glad we could repurpose this land for such a positive use,” said Mayor Bill Dieruf. “We are grateful for all of the creative minds that are working on this project.”

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6 ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR PARENTS AT HOME WITH KIDDOS Writer / Abigail Hake Photography Provided

Most of us are finding an unlimited amount of time on our hands during these fairly uncertain times. While it can be a stressful time for many of us, especially parents, we will all get through it and have memories to last a lifetime. Let’s hope that these few survival tips can cut down on stress and also bring a few more smiles into your life while we all stay safe at home.

1. DISNEY+ If you don’t have it, sign up now. It’s super affordable and gives you access to the entire Disney movie library, which you are going to need because the days are very, very long and screen time rules flew out the window weeks ago. Old movies are fun to share with your kids so maybe try to get them to sit down and watch Swiss Family Robinson (a personal fave yet I still can’t get my child to watch the whole thing) or hunker down and watch all the Star Wars one after another or have a Marvel movie marathon.

share with your neighbors by leaving a piece on their doorstep and ask them to get in on the fun too!

3. PARTICIPATE IN A CHALLENGE There are lots of social media and viral challenges out there and while I’m not a huge tech fan, the social aspect of it has given way to some really creative things happening. Maybe do a lip sync challenge video with your entire family, try the garage door challenge (if you are needing a drink and a great laugh), or participate in the plank or push up challenge. You can even come up with your own challenge if you are really feeling creative! Whatever you choose, make sure to nominate another family to try it after you do!

4. ONE-ON-ONE TIME

With us all having quite a few extra moments hanging at our homes these days, we are typically all up in each other’s business. But now is the time to make sure to carve out a little one-on-one time with your loved ones if you can. About 15 minutes here and there can go a long way.

2. CHALK Spend it snuggling in the morning before Time to start hoarding sidewalk chalk. As rolling out of bed if you have early risers, the weather begins to show more signs of playing a video game, or going on a walk. It’s spring, more people will be out walking also important to keep in mind that as adults soon and with limited paths available during you might need to find some alone time too. this time, why not sass up the walkways It feels like there are really no breaks during with some art. The best thing about chalk this crazy time, so no judgment if that is though is that it can go so many different time spent hiding in the bathroom. directions…get creative! Draw up inspiring messages, create something giant that takes 5. TALENT SHOWS over entire driveways or cul-de-sacs, make up extra-large game boards, or even create We all have hidden talents, like knowing art galleries! The possibilities are endless the entire rap portion of TLC’s Waterfalls and remember, adults can have fun with song or spinning a basketball on our finger chalk too. And, if you have a ton of chalk, for way longer than normal. Whatever your

hidden talent, it’s time to let that cat out of the bag and show off your skills! Gather your immediate family and each share your talents one by one in the living room or make it a family challenge and invite other families and friends to participate in a virtual event! By utilizing the amazing social tools out there like FaceTime or Zoom, the possibilities are endless!

6. WINE DELIVERY You are gonna need it. Pick a local winery and you will probably be happily surprised to find out they are delivering during this time!

While I don’t encourage drinking in excess, the days can be really quite emotionally draining and a cocktail hour once a week (or every day - you choose) isn’t going to hurt anyone! There are also quite a few Mexican restaurants selling their non-alcoholic margarita mix on their takeout menus now too. Who doesn’t need a Margarita Monday (or Tuesday & Wednesday too)? It’s ok, we get it. After this, we’ll all be drinking Ina Garten style, and if you don’t know what this is referring to, Google it.

Remember, this is a special time we’ve been given to slow down and reconnect.

Make sure to take it all in. Stay in bed a little longer, try to read that book you’ve been meaning to finish or try a new recipe you’ve been meaning to make. Whatever you do, make sure to check in on friends and family, especially those who are stuck home during this time alone. Some of you were maybe meant for these moments, but for others, this is a real challenge. Thankfully, we are able to still stay connected with technology.

Whatever you do to get through this time staying safe at home, cherish it. Remember this too shall pass.

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Biking For A Cause STUDENTS’ BIKE4ALZ EVENT RAISES AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Writer / Julie Engelhardt

When this article was originally written we were well aware of the Coronavirus, but it had not begun to have as great of an effect on our population as we’ve experienced during the past few months. As of now, as this article is being updated in early April, and there is no certainty as to whether the event in this story will run as scheduled, or even happen as expected. Yet, we still want to share the story of a group of young men from Kentucky who have been planning a cross-country ride to help combat Alzheimer’s Disease. Even if this event doesn’t occur, they will still need your help.

Thank you for allowing us to share this piece.

This is the original piece. Word has it if things begin to clear up, the group may start their trip in mid-summer.

As spring turns to summer and the thoughtfree days ahead begin to enter students’ minds, many begin to plan how they will spend their time off between May and

August. Trey Sims, John Downing, and a dozen of their fraternity brothers from Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Western Kentucky University (WKU) have been gauging their summer plans since late last year. But they’re not heading to Destin or the Bahamas — they’re spending their vacation time traveling across the U.S. — on bicycles.

The young men from Phi Gamma Delta (nicknamed Fiji) are making this trek on behalf of a non-profit organization called Bike4Alz. According to the Bike4Alz. org website, this organization has been in existence since 2010 and was founded

by WKU student Tyler Jury who lost his grandfather, Barrett Cummings, to Alzheimer’s. Jury, along with five of his fraternity brothers, diligently worked on this project for 18 months to plan their inaugural trip from San Diego, California to Yorktown, Virginia. They raised $60,000, which was donated to the Alzheimer’s Association. This year’s team has their sights 10 / MAY 2020

set on $80,000 which they will also donate to the Association.

Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death. An estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease and the number is rapidly on the rise. Not only are the patients affected by this debilitating disease, their family members are as well.

Sims, who is from Fisherville, and Downing, from Bowling Green, both lost family members to Alzheimer’s. Sims’ paternal grandfather, the grandfather’s siblings, and some aunts, suffered from Alzheimer’s.

Plus, his maternal grandfather suffered from dementia. Downing had a great aunt, Sara Taylor, who was also affected by Alzheimer’s.

“Even though she was a great-aunt, I knew her my whole life and she had Alzheimer’s basically from the time I was born,” Downing says. “I witnessed the progression of her Alzheimer’s as I grew up.”

These are just two of many stories that have inspired Sims, Downing and the others to take part in this crusade against Alzheimer’s.

This is the eighth ride that Bike4Alz has coordinated, and this year it will begin in San Francisco, California, on May 22 and end on July 28 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The group takes off from Bowling Green on May 18 and makes the 50-hour journey, by car, to the Golden State. Once they arrive in

“We chose the members according to a set of criteria we put into place,” Downing says. “One of the most important points was to find those who had been affected by There was a specific selection process Alzheimer’s. We wanted to make sure that applicants had to go through. The team people who had seen it first-hand got to be was chosen by a committee of three which included Downing, his vice-president, Kody on the bike to honor their relative.”

Okert (a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at WKU) who’s from Hendersonville, and Their plan is to only take 14 members in last year’s Bike4Alz president Gabe Hitz. order to make things more manageable for San Francisco, they’ll spend a few days with Fiji brothers on the campus of UC Berkeley.

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Members of the team receive assignments to find lodging, plus they work on locating places where they can hold fundraising events. Sims is the event planner and it is his job to oversee all of the fundraising efforts that take place across the country.

Personally, he is working on a fundraising All members are from Kentucky and as of event that will take place on July 12 in now include, along with Sims, Downing Middletown at Wetherby Park at the city’s and Okert, Jake York and Ben Betts from Shelbyville, Will Chaney, Spencer Cassady, concert series. (NOTE: this series may be canceled depending on the current Nate Robb and Kyle Allen from Bowling situation regarding the Coronavirus.)

Green, Justin Geilear from Versailles, Riley Crawford from Somerset; T. Harne and Will The team will be holding a silent auction and spreading information about the Thompson from Liberty, and Cy Whitler combined efforts between Bike4Alz and from Greenville. the Alzheimer’s Association of Louisville.

Sims is also reaching out to area restaurants The team travels through 10 states: to put together fundraising nights where California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, West the team will receive a portion of the sales made during the evening.

Virginia and Virginia. Along their 3,584mile course they will stop in cities such Training for this event essentially takes as Ely, Nevada, Saratoga Springs, Utah, place when the students have time to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Osbourne, squeeze it in between their classes and work Kansas, Murphysboro, Illinois, Nashville, commitments.

Tennessee, and Pikeville, Kentucky. the trip. Twelve do the riding while the other two members are part of the support team driving vehicles that will carry supplies and tow the trailer that carries their gear and bikes.

“When the weather wasn’t so great the members would go to the gym and use the stationary bikes to get into shape,” Downing explains. “We also have group messaging, so when one member wanted to get others together to go riding, we’d coordinate that way as well. We’d get out and do 15 -mile bike rides. Then there are some people who try to get a little in each day by biking to their classes.”

Over the past few months the riders had to raise their own money, a total of $1,500, to help cover their personal expenses for the trip.

“This is for food, lodging and for our bikes,” Sims says. “We’d get sponsorships from friends, family members and anyone we could to help us along the way.”

One of their biggest expenses is purchasing the bikes they’ll be riding. Fortunately, a business located in Bowling Green, Nat’s Outdoor Sports, is helping them by offering discounts on their bikes.

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Leaders from the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association are very pleased and proud of these young men. Roberta Steutermann, Director of Development, explains that the students take this project on with very little guidance from their organization.

“It’s something they’re very passionate about, this is something they’re truly committed to, and they take it on as a leadership role,” she says.

Emalee Morley, manager for “The Longest Day” fundraising event for the Alzheimer’s Association, says they’ve been able to work with the students to prepare them with bullet points they can share along the way.

“We did a training with them on understanding Alzheimer’s and dementia and walking them through on how to talk about the disease and how to talk about the research because they are touching every chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association

and their constituents from California to Virginia, and everywhere in between,” she says. “We’re hoping to do that every year for every group of Bike4Alz so they can go out into the communities and feel confident talking to people about our mission.”

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students and their mission, go to Bike4Alz. org. You can donate to their cause and also find out where they will be stopping along the way. They would appreciate any support they can receive from community members in all states and cities. For more information about the Alzheimer’s Association, go to alz.org/kyin.

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COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS LOCAL ORGANIZATION WORKS TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

The Coalition for the Homeless has been helping those in need in the Louisville area for 35 years. According to Executive Director Natalie Harris, the organization started when leaders from a group of churches in downtown Louisville asked the county judge to assemble a task force - that task force created what is now St. John Center for Homeless Men, and the Coalition for the Homeless.

“We were one entity at that point but soon realized we couldn’t do the direct service, and the larger advocacy and coordination work, so we split early on,” explains Harris.

“We focus on the big-picture system change work.”

More than 30 local agencies provide direct services for homeless individuals, including both day and night shelters and legal

services. The Coalition for the Homeless, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, also coordinates a homeless healthcare program and local family health centers.

The Coalition for the Homeless leaders work to educate the public on homelessness prevention, and advocate for governmental policy changes to offer homeless people increased opportunities.

“Homelessness is not the problem,” Harris says. “Homelessness is the result of a lot of problems in the community where systems fall down.”

These problems may include insufficient housing, a drug crisis, or a breakdown in the educational system. If adult members of a family struggle to maintain gainful employment, unexpected expenses can lead to an increasingly desperate family situation.

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“Perhaps their kid ends up in the hospital, or their car breaks down and suddenly they can’t pay their bills and are evicted,” Harris says. “The next landlord doesn’t want to take a chance on them and the spiral begins.”

Though homeless individuals who fall into this category tend to remain homeless for a relatively short period of time, their transition back to permanent housing and employment can still be a difficult process.

“Louisville is lucky in that we don’t have the crazy housing costs that places like, say, San Francisco does,” Harris says. “Still, we have poverty in our city, and all those failed systems are what creates homelessness.

That’s why we try to educate the community to get people involved in making change.”

The organization’s leaders strive to bring as many resources to Louisville as possible.

Each year, communities may apply for

monetary assistance from the federal government to address homelessness.

According to Harris, Louisville city officials are typically competitive in the application process, receiving roughly $10 million annually.

For the past eight years the Coalition has placed a strong focus on a single sub-demographic of the homeless population - veterans.

“We housed 818 veterans in two years,” Harris says. “We’ve been trying to do the same thing with young-adult homeless.”

Last December, Wayside Christian Mission opened a low-barrier shelter that typically houses 100 people nightly. During extremely cold weather when temperatures dropped into the single digits, that number increased to as much as 161.

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If you have a heart to help the homeless, Harris suggests connecting with existing agencies rather than starting a new organization.

“There are so many impressive groups out there doing great work,” she says.

Those interested in interacting directly with homeless individuals can reach out to Forgotten Louisville, where volunteers hit the streets to deliver essentials to homeless folks. Additional local homeless outreach organizations include Hip Hop Cares, Southeast Angels, Burrito Riders, and Fed with Faith.

“I’ve never heard of any other city that has the number of volunteer groups who go out to help the homeless,” Harris says.

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A MAN OF ACTION MATT MEUNIER CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF SUCCESS FOR JEFFERSONTOWN Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

In 1992, Matt Meunier and his family moved to Louisville and bought their first home in Jeffersontown. It didn’t take long for them to fall in love with the vibrancy of Jeffersontown. Fortuitously, Meunier lived just down the street from the previous Mayor Foreman at the time.

design and project management as well as an ability to bring these elements together in a working environment to better serve the needs of the City.

Meunier formed a steering committee for the Renaissance on Main Program and partnered with the University of Kentucky School of Design/Architecture to craft the Historic Gaslight Square District Master Plan, ‘Places to Grow, Envision Jeffersontown’ that started the initiatives for the historical district and contributed to the recent growth in downtown Jeffersontown.

downtown and see opportunities. But shaping a community-driven vision takes a lot of effort and has a lot of moving parts because we were working with a downtown that’s made up of multiple property owners and various businesses.”

One example that grew from these efforts was the Taylorsville Road Streetscape Plan, a 100% federally funded project, “Mayor Foreman was hoping to build upon which built new sidewalks and installed the success of Mayor Ruckriegel, who he decorative street lights that created a replaced in 2001, by shaping a bolder vision visual runway effect as you enter our great for the city to move towards,” explains city. A cornerstone of this project was the Meunier, who back then owned his own unique design of the steel gateway arches planning and engineering consulting firm.

But it’s not just his opinion that matters. He identifying the Historic Gaslight Square In September 2003, Meunier joined the has convened a number of community focus District of downtown Jeffersontown.

City as Director of Planning and Design, groups to get the perspective of various a position that was integral in promoting populations, including senior citizens, “These archways let people know that they the growth and vision of the city. He’s now students and local businesses. In doing are arriving at someplace other than where been with the City of Jeffersontown for the so, he has found that the public was eager they been,” Meunier adds. past 16 years and is currently the Director to welcome shops, restaurants and some of Community Development. He’s also nightlife. In order to attract these types of It’s also the little details that matter such assistant to Mayor Bill Dieruf. uses, it was important to enhance the public as the historical timeline and facts about spaces along the streets including better Jeffersontown that are etched into the In his previous role, he worked with a sidewalks, lighting and visual effects to glass on the Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello team to develop the City’s first full Land create a unique sense of place. inspired facades located on the town square Development Code whereby Jeffersontown to the limestone tablets in the sidewalks was able to manage all the development “That was the jumping-off point from sharing famous quotes of past community activity within the City. This created which to build upon the past successes and leaders and interesting facts about the City. It tremendous opportunity to craft a vision growing a vibrant downtown community creates a destination and reinforces the ‘sense for the community as well as gain the — creating arts and cultural opportunities, of place’ that is important to a community. necessary controls to see that it is achieved. including entertainment, restaurants and With his technical expertise, he brought shops,” Meunier says. “To me, seeing an idea “They say every city gets its heartbeat from experience in stormwater drainage, roadway or vision comes naturally. I walk through its downtown,” Meunier says. “That’s the best 26 / JEFFERSONTOWN MAGAZINE / MAY 2020 / JeffersontownMag.com

part — seeing people enjoy this vision that started with a scratch of paper.”

Another project to watch for in the coming year is the Watterson Trail Streetscape Project, the city’s Main Street, where the city will be installing new wide decorative sidewalks, enhanced pedestrian lighting, a beautiful tree-lined street, along with a more accessible City Hall Plaza, with seating areas, water fountain, enhanced landscaping all which will fast become a local spot to have a pop-up concert on the steps of city hall. Along with this project, the city was fortunate to acquire a portion of the steel structure of one of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City from the New York Fire Department. This special piece of steel that is on display currently at the Jeffersontown Historical Museum will be integrated into a new 9-11/ First Responders Plaza next to the Jeffersontown Fire Department on Watterson Trail.

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Meunier is incredibly proud of his role in implementing these ideas and creating an atmosphere for the community to enjoy.

Raised on a farm in Tell City, Indiana, Meunier grew up learning to be handson. That’s why he enjoys being a part of the whole process — starting from the planning perspective of creating a vision to communicating that idea to elected officials to encouraging buy-in from stakeholders to pursue the initiative, finding the money to make it a reality, then implementing the design and construction of it before finally unveiling it to the public.

Another big undertaking was developing a network of ‘off-road’ bike & pedestrian trails such as the Bluegrass Parkway Bicycle/Pedestrian Trail, Watterson Trail Bike/Pedestrian Trail, and Skyview Park/Grassland Trail. Meunier embarked on another focus groupdriven process that involved multiple neighborhood groups and organizations.

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“People can ride from where they live and work and perhaps riding to a local park or the Gaslight Festival or Farmer’s Market,” he says.

Meunier has also been a part of the team that designed the Veterans Memorial Park Master Plan - Military Plaza & ‘Freedom Wall’, which was recently unveiled a year ago and has rapidly become a major destination for the American Veteran to reflect and pay respects to the men and women who have served this great country.

Currently under design is the Veterans Park Amphitheater & Boardwalk Project, which is phase two of the master plan, it will create walking trails, swings and a pedestrianIn the Bluegrass Commerce Park, businesses friendly boardwalk overlooking the tranquil Chenoweth Run Stream with a central had instituted a wellness program whereby employees were walking around the parking amphitheater venue to celebrate the summer season with concerts, orchestras and plays in lot for exercise. Now a four-mile trail an attractive outdoor environment. loop exists for the employers to develop a wellness program.

Meunier takes great delight in overseeing “Trails promote a healthy lifestyle,” Meunier the Jeffersontown Farmers Market, which says. “The benefits of a trail system become includes more than 35 vendors each season.

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“It’s become a social hot spot — a destination, if you will,” Meunier says. “People bring their kids and pets and make a morning of it.”

Throughout his career, Meunier has worked with a number of different municipalities, and he says he’s impressed by how well Jeffersontown is run.

“The City does an excellent job managing taxpayers’ dollars and delivering a level of services that benefit the residents while maintaining a hometown feel,” says Meunier, noting that though the area is prospering, Jeffersontown is still seen as a small, personable, family-oriented town.

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Meunier and his wife Tracy have been married for 31 years and have two grown children, Austin and Lauren. In his free time, he likes mountain biking, hiking, movies, music and sports (he’s a Uof L and Purdue fan). He also loves taking family cruises to “anywhere that’s warm!”

“I like bringing people together and enjoying life,” says Meunier, who hosts a garden party at his home every summer with 100-plus people. “My parents were social people. I think I inherited it from them.”

He couldn’t be happier about that.

“Dad always taught me that life is what you make it,” Meunier says. “That you can approach it from a positive or negative frame of mind so why not make it positive?”

He’s applied such lessons to his current position as assistant to the mayor since that job sometimes requires him to field citizen concerns.

“They might have questions about neighborhood-related issues, or a particular drainage or traffic concern, but oftentimes being accessible to the public and giving the residents an opportunity to voice their concerns help create solutions that are mutually beneficial to everyone,” he says.

“If you can communicate with someone and reach that level of compromise or understanding, there’s that ‘a-ha moment’ when you think, ‘Okay, maybe I’m on the right track.’”

He recognizes that most people just want to be heard and have the opportunity to know what’s going on.

“It important to take extra care in delivering a level of responsiveness to our community, but the end result is you’ll have a more vibrant and passionate city, where residents cherish their hometown,” he says.

Being a resource to the city has given people a way to even help them help themselves.

“If I can’t help them, I figure out who can.

I don’t just say, ‘no.’ I help them get to a ‘yes.’ That’s what I’m here for,” Meunier says. “The way I see it, the more I can help you, the better we serve the community together.”

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