CRAIG HODGE

ELECT

for Mayor of Coquitlam

• Past Chair, Coquitlam Community Safety Committee


• Past Chair, Sports and Recreation Advisory Committee


• Member, Regional Parks Committee


• Vice Chair, Regional Zero Waste Committee


• Chair, Canadian National Zero Waste Council


• Executive, Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM)


• Chair, UBCM Provincial Safety Committee


• Co-Chair, BC RCMP Contract Management Committee


• Leader and Group Commissioner, Scouts Canada


• Former Coach, youth soccer and ball hockey


• Past President, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce


• Former Director, BC Chamber of Commerce


• Past President, Coquitlam Heritage Society


• Former Director, Coquitlam Foundation

DELIVERING FOR COQUITLAM

Since 2011, I've served our community on council. I am ready to continue as Mayor.

IDEAS I'VE CHAMPIONED

Projects I proposed or pushed for on council.

• Purchase of the Booth Farm House


• Building The Forum


• Converting Town Centre North to a turf field


• Eight pickleball courts at Bramble Park


• More parking by the Town Centre North field, where the fire

lane was


• An outdoor lakeside theatre by Evergreen Centre (the larger TD Plaza was later built on the other side of the lake)


• A parks blitz to fix up older parks in Southwest Coquitlam


• A food concession in Town Centre Park selling ice cream and fish and chips


• Acquiring part of the old ranch site on Burke for Pioneer Park, after the school district decided not to build an elementary school there


• Lobbying Metro Vancouver to buy 160 acres to expand Minnekhada Park

• Require developers to prewire parcades for EV chargers


• Introduced a common mobile business license in the tri cities to reduce red tape and fees for business


• Advocated to advance construction of the Maillardville Community Centre and Burke Mountain Centre


• Lead the initiative to buy the red house property on Brunette for a future cultural centre


• Ornamental street lighting on Brunette Ave

PARKS & RECREATION

AROUND THE CITY