Peter Westerholm
Peter Westerholm is a former member of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee, representing District 6. He was elected to the council in 2011 and served until 2015.[1]
Biography
Born in Texas, Westerholm earned a B.S. in government and public administration from Lipscomb University in 1999.[1] He went on to receive a master's degree in public policy from Pepperdine University in 2002. His professional experience includes the following:
- 2015-Present: Independent consultant, EMV Energy Solutions
- 2011-2015: Councilmember, Metro City Council
- 2013-2015: Program manager, Office of Energy Programs – Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation
- 2002-2012: Analyst, Tennessee Dept. of Finance & Administration[2]
Westerholm is also affiliated with the following organizations:
- Nashville Public Television
- The Brooks Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
- Friends of Shelby Park
- Friends of Riverside Drive
- Metro Board of Equalization
- American Society for Public Administration
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra League
- Nashville Pride
- Gen C of the Nature Conservancy of Tennessee
- Street Theatre Company
- Tennessee State Museum’s Young Professionals Council
- Tennessee Equality Project[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Westerholm's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Sustainable growth
- Excerpt: "Smart growth means placing density along corridors and around neighborhood centers. This allows opportunities to incentivize affordable housing, promotes walkability, and justifies increased service levels for transit."
East Nashville school improvements
- Excerpt: "We are seeing improvements in many of our schools; I'll make sure we continue investing to make sure each school has the resources it needs to provide a great education for every child."
Beautiful and safe neighborhoods
- Excerpt: "I've pushed improvements to our built environment to make it safer, provided resources to our Police Department, and successfully advocated for additional resources for Historic Commission. I'll keep doing this."
Affordable housing
- Excerpt: "I'm supporting legislation for inclusionary zoning, small houses, and I'll continue working to increase the Barnes Fund while exploring other ways to provide housing at a variety of price points."
Infrastructure
- Excerpt: "We need more sidewalks and bike lanes, and I've pledged to aggressively fund more of these in the future. We also must spend money on roads, sewer lines, and other key parts of our built environment."
Envision Cayce
- Excerpt: "I'm thrilled that Envision Cayce is moving forward. It's critical that we keep the momentum going, and work to make sure residents of Cayce are served respectfully at every phase. I'll work to make sure this happens."
Elections
2015
The city of Nashville, Tenn., held nonpartisan elections for mayor and metro council on August 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 21, 2015. All 41 metro council seats—including the office of vice mayor—were up for election. In District 6, Brett A. Withers defeated incumbent Peter Westerholm.[4][5]
| Nashville City Council District 6 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Brett A. Withers |
61.7% | 2,149 | |
| Peter Westerholm Incumbent | 37.9% | 1,320 | |
| Write-in | 0.4% | 14 | |
| Total Votes | 3,483 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
Personal
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Westerholm is married to Jennifer Tlumak Westerholm, the executive director of Urban Green Lab, a nonprofit promoting sustainable living. They enjoy the outdoors and spending time with family and friends.[1]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 City of Nashville, "Westerholm," accessed January 21, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ LinkedIn, "Peter Westerholm Profile," accessed July 28, 2015
- ↑ Official campaign website of Peter Westerholm, "Issues," accessed July 28, 2015
- ↑ City of Nashville, "Davidson County Election Commission," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015
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