I moved my family to Fort McMurray in 1993 to purchase Campbell’s Music, which I ran for 27 years until its closure in August of last year. We built the business from a small location downtown with 5 employees, to a more significant enterprise with 2 locations and 25 employees.
Mike
Allen
Mike Allen For Mayor
Let’s Stand Together
The next four years will be a period of continued rebuilding and recovery, and we will need to work through it together. Our success will depend on strong, yet collaborative leadership to steward us through such unprecedented times. I possess the experience, knowledge and background to unite the new Council while being guided by principles of community service while putting the community first in our decisions.
- Provide strong, effective leadership and governance alongside the newly elected Council.
- Foster even better relationships with industry, local business and Indigenous communities.
- Build on the community’s current priorities and adapt it to meet new challenges, post-pandemic.
What We Can Do Together
Our Top Priorities
New Council
Once elected, my top priorities will include immediately steering the formation of what I expect will be a significantly new council with much to learn. This team will be stewarded into governance training, team building and then focus on the formation of a strategic plan based on public input heard during everyone’s campaign.
Flood Mitigation
Continuation and completion of the flood mitigation is vital! Previous council’s have deferred and delayed planned mitigation due to budget constraints, but we can no longer delay. The completion and design will also require appropriate landscaping design to ensure the berm is a usable part of the surroundings.
Business Community
Also significant is making sure our business community is supported to rebound on a successful path. Small business accounts for 70% of the quality of life in any community and it is integral that we support local business in order to not hamper our efforts to attract new residents to the region.
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A more detailed platform will be released in the coming weeks as I have the opportunity to engage with people and community leaders, as well as businesses, industry, workers and social profit organizations, to assist in identifying priorities for this dynamic region we call home. I look forward to these conversations and would be honoured to have the support of the residents of this region in serving as the next Mayor of our community.
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What businesses have you run?
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What hard choices have you had to make?As far as hard choices are concerned, any business owner can tell you, there are many to be made on a daily basis regarding finances, where to invest during growth periods, staffing and these decisions impact others.
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What sacrifices have you made?I would suggest they were financial ( I had the majority of my savings put back into the business in order to continue operations when times were difficult), and personal – probably something I would change if I ever had the chance to do it again, as I put a significant focus on the business at times of building and branding it. As a result, I spent many hours away from home, supporting non-profit events, working after hours supporting customers and the result was the time taken away from spending that time with my family. So I suppose that is more of a sacrifice for them.
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