WHO IS THOMAS CROWDER?

A District D "Native"
•  Married to Kay Council Crowder, two children
•  Board Member of Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America

•  Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
•  Licensed Architect (NC & VA) and President of ARCHITEKTUR, PA

•  Member, American Institute of Architects

•  Member, National AIA Citizen Architect

•  Member, American Planning Association

•  Member, Preservation North Carolina

•  Member, Urban Land Institute

Experience Counts
•  Raleigh City Council District D Representative

   (2003 - Present)

•  Co-Chair Council Budget & Economic Development Committee

   (2007 - Present)

•  Chair of Council Comprehensive Planning Committee

   (2004 - 2007)

•  Member of Council Budget & Economic Development Committee

   (2004 - Present)

•  City Representative & V.P. of Hillsborough St Community Service Corp.

   (2009 - Present)

•  Council Representative, Triangle J Council of Governments

   (2003 - Present)

•  Chair, Triangle J Council of Governments

   (2009 - Present)

•  First Vice Chair, Triangle J Council of Governments

   (2007 - 2009)

•  Secretary / Treasurer, Triangle J Council of Governments

   (2006 - 2007)

•  Council Representative,  National League of Municipalities

   (2004 - Present)

•  Council Representative, Wake County Growth Management Task Force

   (2008 - 2009)

•  Dorthea Dix Master Plan NC Legislature Oversight Committee

   (2003 - Present)

•  Member of Council Law & Public Safety Committee

   (2003 - 2004)

•  Member 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” for Village & Neighborhood Centers

Environmentally Friendly
•  Member of the Tree Preservation Task Force (2003)
•  Voted to limit impervious surfaces in watershed
•  Oppose building in flood plans to avoid flooding and taxpayer buy-outs

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

•  Member, Sierra Club & endorsed for Council (2003, 2005, & 2007)

Civic Outreach
•  Instrumental in the creation of Avent West Neighborhood Association

•  Created District D Neighborhood Alliance

•  Created District D 2030 Comp Plan Study Groups
•  Initiator of the South West Assembly
•  Past Chair of Boy Scouts’ “Timeless Value” Golf Classic Fundraiser

•  Past-Honorary Chair of Boy Scouts’ Clay Shoot Tournament Fundraiser