Welcome to Rex ForWard7
Welcome to Rex ForWard7
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Together we can build an even more welcoming community devoted to serving the needs of our families and small businesses with transparency, care and accountability. Check out this website and Facebook page or reach out via rex@RexForward7.com
I am eager to hear from you.
Accessibility
Accessibility
Available and responsive to your needs and concerns, providing regular communication of decisions being made by your city council and how they affect you.
Count on me to listen to your concerns and questions, to serve as your trusted advocate for those concerns at City Council. I will be available and responsive, ready to point you in the right direction to solve problems and get information. I have long been concerned about issues that affect us, from sustainability to tackling the flooding that has happened in our neighborhood, finding this information can be a challenge, but I have spent the time attending committee meetings and working together to get things done. Elmhurst has been a great place to raise our family, we have a thriving community, and if you know what services are offered and where to get them we all benefit. I would like to provide a regular newsletter to keep you informed of what decisions are being made and how they affect you. I believe your local government should work for you and I want to serve you in Ward 7 and represent the neighborhood as the welcoming and thriving place that it is.
Sustainability
Sustainability
As a member of the Sustainability Task Force, I am proud that we were able to take this sustainability further in the city of Elmhurst to be more proactive in achieving the state of Illinois’ goals on the path to 100% clean energy, phasing out carbon emissions from the energy and transportation sectors. As residents take advantage of incentives to purchase electric vehicles, we as a city also have state incentive programs to explore to increase charging stations, providing more access to residents while not increasing tax payer dollars. Our Department of Public Works can further Elmhurst’s goals as part of the Chicago Area Clean Cities coalition to transition to electric vehicles were appropriate. I would also share the work being done by local groups in and around Elmhurst that are promoting sustainability through education, outreach and community action. Great things are being done and I want everyone in Ward 7 to know what’s available.
Affordability
Affordability
Looking for the best ways to keep costs down for residents, young families and seniors. It is important to me that we spend taxpayer dollars wisely, that we research all possible options to negotiate the lowest costs for water, utility and garbage bills; that we support intergovernmental cooperation for the benefit of all residents. Elmhurst attracts so many people with it’s welcoming neighborhoods, great location, and thriving downtown. Many who went to our schools return to raise their families, and keeping the future generation and extended family in Elmhurst is my goal. Longtime residents on fixed incomes struggling in the face of rising costs and expenses should be priced out of remaining in Elmhurst. Affordable housing needs to be on the radar if Elmhurst truly wants to show they care for all. I will work hand in hand with community members, City of Elmhurst staff and elected officials to make tough decisions safeguarding Elmhurst’s future as a diverse and welcoming community for all.
Voted even with a windy bad hair day!
Official City of Elmhurst business email for FOIA purposes use rex.irby@elmhurst.org
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