SCHREIBER—Mayoral candidate Adam Cherry has lived in the community of Schreiber with his wife and four children for many years.
His post-secondary education includes graduating twice from Georgian College. Cherry’s early career has had him working with well-known organizations, having received many of their top employee awards.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending his time with family and close friends in an open and a strong vibrant community. As a volunteer in his community, Cherry has volunteered by coaching, training and managing hockey, and minor soccer leagues, as well as managing many community festivals.
In a recent interview, the mayoral candidate for Schreiber, Adam Cherry shared that during his door-to-door canvasing and meeting people locally as mayoral candidate, he learned that a lot of the people in Schreiber have had a hard time with inflation due to property taxes and with food costs, and gas prices going up regularly.
Cherry previously ran for the Consensus Ontario Party in Thunder Bay-Superior North.
He said he ran a good campaign, opposing a deep geological repository in the North.
As Cherry campaigned throughout the community, he had the opportunity to hear about the issues that mattered to residents, including increased property taxes.
“One of my top priorities as mayor of the Township of Schreiber would always be to be on the lookout for things such as programs that could help out the community without increasing the property tax rate,” he said.
His promise, if elected mayor, is to not raise property taxes, though he will need support from others on council to accomplish that goal.
He said he's optimistic the provincial government's recent Building Homes Act legislation will help address a housing shortage in Schreiber.
Another key priority Cherry highlighted is to keep single seniors in their homes. He spoke about how as mayor, a goal of his would be to have new homes built in the community and to develop a program that would help residents renovate their homes.
In his view, this would help keep housing updated and improve the “look” of Schreiber; something he feels is important, especially for tourism.
He envisions the program as a grant-based incentive.
“The program would allocate a percentage of the collected-on time property taxes towards a fund that would reward residents for paying their property tax on time, and that would then be used towards needed renovations such as roofing, siding and other home renovation needs” he said.
Other key priorities he identified are the concern residents have with the condition of the sidewalks, pot holes, and the lack of snow cleaning crews for the community.
"I want to look into creating more sidewalks and have a winter crew that will keep these sidewalks clear of snow all winter," he said.
He also cited plans to work towards improving the Schreiber Medical Centre and the town's infrastructure.