Keep Edmonds Vibrant

In 2024, my hometown – Edmonds, WA – declared a fiscal emergency. In 2025 neighbors and I started a group called “Keep Edmonds Vibrant” to explore possible paths forward.

Inspired by other efforts around the county, we launched a “civic imagination initiative” – What Should Edmonds Be? – to empower our community to share their thoughts on revenue generation strategies, and their long-term vision for Edmonds.

I built a custom Polis deployment to enable a digital conversation, designed print and digital assets, and facilitated community meetings.

We delivered a final report on high-consensus strategies to City Council, many of which were adopted into Edmonds' budget.