WHO IS THOMAS CROWDER?

A District D "Native"
•  Married to Kay Council Crowder, two children
•  Executive Board Member of Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America
•  Licensed Architect and President of ARCHITEKTUR, PA

•  Member, American Institute of Architects

•  Member, American Planning Association

•  Member, Urban Land Institute

Experience Counts
•  Raleigh City Council District D Representative (2003 - Present)

•  Chair of Comprehensive Planning Committee (2004 - Present)

•  Member of Budget and Economic Development Committee (2004 - Present)

•  Council Representative, Triangle J Council of Governments (2003 - Present)

•  Council Representative,  National League of Municipalities (2004 - Present)

•  Dorthea Dix Master Plan Oversight Committee (2003 - Present)

•  Member of Law and Public Safety Committee (2003 - 2004)

•  Chair of Raleigh Planning Commission (1999 - 2003)

•  Chair of Planning Commission’s Strategic Planning Committee (2000 - 2003)
•  Co-chair of Downtown “Livable Streets” Program (2002 - 2003)

•  Member Western Boulevard Streetscape Committee (1999 - 2001)
•  Initiated the City of Raleigh's  “Urban Design Guidelines”

Environmentally Friendly
•  Member of the Tree Preservation Task Force
•  Voted to limit impervious surfaces in watershed
•  Oppose building in flood plans to avoid flooding and taxpayer buy-outs

•  Promoting "Smart Growth" Principles in order to protect existing open space

Civic Outreach
•  Instrumental in the creation of Avent West Neighborhood Association
•  Initiator of the South West Assembly
•  Past Chair of Boy Scouts’ “Timeless Value” Golf Classic Fundraiser

•  Honorary Chair of Boy Scouts’ Clay Shoot Tournament Fundraiser

•  Member: American Planning Association

•  Member: Sierra Club