Anne Burt
Name: Anne Burt
Public Office Sought: Woodbury Mayor
Email: [email protected]
Campaign Phone: 651-200-4612
Campaign Website: MayorAnneBurt.com
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Facebook Page: AnneBurtWoodburyMNMayor
Candidate Bio
I have served the City of Woodbury as Mayor since my election in 2018 and am seeking to serve this leadership role for another term. I have the proven background and experience necessary to continue to serve the residents of Minnesota’s eighth largest city, building upon the successes that make Woodbury the thriving community it is.
I am committed to:
Maintaining Woodbury’s commitment that its residential neighborhoods, business community, employment opportunities, and excellent city services, including public safety, continue to thrive.
Meeting residents’ needs by providing opportunities for employment, commerce, recreation, education, transportation, as well as participation in community & faith-based organizations and cultural activities.
Carefully managing growth with strategic and thoughtful planning.
Ensuring continued strong financial management of city resources and assets.
I have a degree in chemistry and an MBA. Besides my role as Mayor, I serve on the Board of the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce and the Woodbury Community Foundation and am a member of the Lions Club and Woodbury Heritage Society. I have worked professionally for more than 30 years in the field of water quality. I am an active listener, a great communicator, understand the big picture and deliver results.
What would be your top three priorities if elected?
Water Quality
With a career in the field of water quality for more than 30 years, I will ensure that Woodbury’s water continues to meet all state standards and guidelines for drinking water. To ensure that we can continue to provide our community with good quality water for decades to come, my number one priority is to lead the process for upgrading our drinking water supply to a system that treats our drinking water via a permanent filtration treatment plant using the funding granted to our city via the state’s Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan. This will be the largest public works project our city has ever experienced and will take several years and a cost of more than $150 million.
Public Safety
Public safety is one of our most important services and I will continue to ensure it is one that focuses on the safety of our residents and visitors and is delivered to our community with compassion and courage. We have an excellent reputation for public safety in Woodbury due to our culture which has been built with men and women serving with integrity and doing so in a unified public safety model combining police, fire, EMS vs. having these be separate, siloed organizations. Our Multicultural Advisory Committee and our integrated social work professionals have helped our public safety team meet our community’s needs with a focus on upholding the dignity of and preserving human life.
Manage Growth
I will continue to focus on carefully managing growth with strategic and thoughtful planning. Utilizing our 2040 Comprehensive Plan, we will implement the plan in the coming years ensuring a balance of commercial and residential growth as anticipated. Woodbury has been a community that provides a variety of housing options for all, no matter the income, family status, race, or stage of life and this will continue to be a focus as we grow.
How would you characterize the business climate in Woodbury and what is the role of businesses supporting quality of life issues in the community?
Thriving! In 2021, we celebrated 54 new businesses in Woodbury. We also experienced commercial growth of more than 570,000 square feet. The City’s total cumulative square footage of commercial space now surpasses 12 million. Woodbury’s commercial space is comprised of 58.5% non-retail (office, medical, industrial/other) and 41.5% retail.
We have also become known as the healthcare destination of the east metro with our growing medical sector and employers. We benefit from a growing population with current estimates at nearly 79,000 residents and the 2040 estimate to be nearly 90,000. We have a variety of housing options so people can both work and live in Woodbury. In addition, our active Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce engages and connects businesses with our community to promote prosperous economic development and a vibrant business community.
What role do you think the city should have in attracting and retaining jobs, and what steps would you take to solicit new businesses to, and retain existing businesses in, Woodbury?
Under my leadership, Woodbury has done an excellent job in attracting new businesses as evidenced by the development in our commercial areas including City Place, Urban Village, the northeast corridor, and others throughout the city as well as the many projects in redevelopment that have been completed or are underway. Our 2040 Comprehensive Plan has thoughtfully planned for expansion of our diversified business sector which will allow for a variety of employment opportunities, increase our tax base, enhance our residents’ quality of life, and continue to be a place to both work and live in Woodbury. As mayor and official head of the city, I take an active role in meeting with business owners and developers as spokesperson to share the good news about the many benefits of bringing commercial and industrial development here. Woodbury benefits from having an established economic development staff and a commission of engaged citizens that studies, reviews, and prepares recommendations for city council review. In addition, I attend our economic development commission meetings and we just completed our Economic Development Strategic Plan and will ensure that the plan is implemented.
What policies, if any, would you support to help employers address the labor shortage?
We are a pro-business community with policies that support business’s ability to grow and prosper. We’ve been supportive of the Gold Line BRT coming to Woodbury so employees can have this transit option to work in our city and employers know that they can attract workers. Our commitment to a variety of housing options has provided a community where employees can live and work in the same community. We are excited about the construction of affordable workforce housing to provide the ability for more Woodbury-based businesses to draw employees.
Do you support any specific employment-related proposals in Woodbury (such as minimum wage, sick time, or mandatory scheduling notice)? If so, what steps would you take to understand the impact of an ordinance on the many types of businesses in Woodbury and how would you define any exceptions to those policies?
Being engaged in our community, I see market forces for employment actively at work. While there is a minimum wage for the State of Minnesota, many businesses in our community are paying far above the minimum wage. Business owners and managers seem to effectively adjust their wages and benefits based on the specific needs of their business in attracting, hiring, and retaining employees. Our businesses know how to operate their companies best and likely will continue to adjust to market conditions as they need to remain competitive. Thus, I do not see the need, at this point, to support any type of regulation of employment-related proposals.
Public safety and rising crime rates are of serious concern to the business community and residents. What strategies or policies would you propose to address public safety issues facing your community?
Woodbury remains a safe city in which to work and live. For a period of time, we experienced a spillover of crime from the metro area in the form of catalytic converter thefts and to a lesser extent auto thefts, although most of the latter were due to garage doors being left open and access to key fobs. We actively communicate with residents with recommendations on improving safety.
Woodbury’s public safety model, which combines police, fire and EMS services under one department, has led to a culture of preserving life while fighting crime and treating all with compassion and courage. This philosophy has been developed and cultivated over many years with the public safety leadership team. I am pleased that with the retirement this summer of three of our public safety team leaders, we have promoted from within to continue to support this positive culture.
Our public safety team has been innovative in the use of our Multicultural Advisory Committee as well as incorporating social workers into our mental health response team. While much positive progress has been made, I along with our city council members have made Public Safety the top focus of our upcoming Strategic Initiatives. We are working with staff to further develop the work related this important strategic focus area.
What strategies or policies would you propose to address housing issues facing your community?
We have been, and will continue to be, a community that offers a variety of housing options to accommodate people of all ages, income levels, race, and family status. As such, we have a mix of approximately 50% single family homes and 50% multi-family homes (apartments and townhomes) and a mix of owner occupied as well as rental.
The 2021 Housing Action Plan identified strategies to support our housing options and the residents who live here. Through our HRA we have the Woodbury First-Time Homeownership Program that is structured as a deferred note up to $25,000 which helps buyers save hundreds of dollars per month on their housing payment by reducing or eliminating the need for private mortgage insurance. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund is a loan program designed to ensure that Woodbury ages with grace as well as offering the ability to provide a resource to residents working through code enforcement.
As many of our residents are aging into senior citizens, we have ensured that there are a variety of options for them to continue to live in Woodbury whether that’s to move to a 55+ community option at either market or affordable rate or to remain in their own home.
Under construction now in Woodbury is a 235-unit affordable workforce housing project. It is located in our Urban Village area with easy access to services, retail, and parks & recreation.
What strategies or policies would you propose to address transportation issues facing your community? Have your strategies or views changed on transportation since we’ve seen shifts in road use, public transportation use, work from home models, etc. due to the pandemic?
As a growing community, we have needs for additional roads or lanes to help handle traffic flow. This is planned into projects as we expand our commercial and residential footprint. Traffic flow has been improved as a result of the many roundabouts installed and planned in our area. And in some cases, we are reducing lanes as a result of shifting traffic patterns. We are making space for bike lanes along roads as well as continuing to build and maintain our numerous bike trails.
In terms of transit, Woodbury is supported by commuter bus lines as well as local bus routes. These have experienced decreased usage because of changing practices. The Gold Line BRT, a project of Washington & Ramsey Counties along with the Met Council with significant funding from the FTA, is scheduled to begin construction later in 2022 with operation in 2025. These entities have not changed their plans because of the shifting changes as a result of the pandemic. Ideally, it would be beneficial to have transit options available to transport riders from the mid or end of the Gold Line BRT to employers throughout Woodbury, especially the growing warehouse area of the northeast side of town.
What are your priorities for the City’s budget?
Woodbury has an excellent AAA bond rating as a result of budgeting conventions and historically strong financial practices. The priorities for the City’s budget are to provide continuing quality and affordable services. It is important to balance the needs of our growing, high-quality community with controlled spending. Currently Woodbury has one of the lowest tax rates among the 17 city metro communities. I will continue the expectation that we run an efficient government and that we maintain the right balance of taxes and services. I support our city’s detailed budgeting process, for both operating expenses and capital projects, which is essentially an on-going process throughout the year.
What will you do to expand Woodbury’s tax base?
We are poised for continued growth and thus the tax base will expand accordingly. We have had significant commercial growth for the past several years. With our expanding community, our residential construction is very strong. Our next phase of commercial development is underway in the northeast corner of Woodbury where we recently welcomed the new Kindeva Drug Delivery facility as well as Ryan Companies construction of a 500,000 square foot Amazon facility. That area will continue to see development of places to work including warehousing, office, showrooms, and light industrial.
In addition to commercial growth, we are experiencing significant residential growth with nearly 700 units in 2019 and 1000 each in 2020 and 2021. Due to our commitment to housing variety, these units are split 50-50 between single-family and multi-family units.
How will you work with K-12 and post-secondary educational institutions and businesses to ensure our region develops and retains an educated workforce?
Woodbury is supported by three K-12 school districts and we have a good working relationship with all of them, meeting on a formal basis quarterly with our largest district including the superintendent and staff. Woodbury is known for its excellent schools, whether public, private, or charter schools. Communication and cooperation are important as our community adds residents and schools adjust their services.
Are there any services currently provided by the city that you believe should be cut back or eliminated? Are there new opportunities to share services with other entities?
As our community experiences more mental health crises and challenges, there is high value in imbedding social workers into our public safety delivery. As a pilot, we currently have one social worker, who is a Washington County employee for which the City pays the majority of the cost, working with our police and supporting the mental health needs of the community and on specific calls. This program is going well and might benefit from expansion. Ideally more of this type of support should come directly from the County.
What is the role of the Mayor in fostering increased minority- and women-owned businesses in Woodbury?
In Woodbury, we have a unique practice that I as Mayor am also a board member of our Chamber of Commerce. This has been the practice because we see the importance of successful businesses in our community. Woodbury’s demographics have seen increasing growth in the minority population with 25% of all residents and 40% of our youth being people of color. The combination of being a welcoming and inclusive community, having strong businesses, and a being a diverse population are all factors that support opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses.
What further policies can Woodbury adopt to help the business community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Our businesses have rebounded well from the pandemic. Woodbury is fortunate in that we have not been impacted by the challenges faced by Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Woodbury Economic Development Commission, for which I as Mayor sit on the commission, just completed the Economic Development Strategic Plan for 2022. This document looks out on a 4–5-year horizon with specific strategies, objectives, and tactics.
Woodbury is supported by a variety of business sectors including education, retail, leisure/hospitality, manufacturing, financial services, and professional/business services. We have commercial land still to develop and have and continue to attract both employers and employees.
Is there anything else you would like to share with voters not covered above?
As a growing community with an increasingly diverse population (25% of residents and 40% of youth are people of color), I am supportive of the equity work for which Woodbury has been leading for more than a decade. While much work has been done, we can, must, and will do more. The recent addition of our Community Engagement and Equity Coordinator is a significant step toward ensuring that we are a welcoming and inclusive community. This coordinator and I are actively involved, in cooperative work with the YMCA and Woodbury Community Foundation, on a racial equity steering committee which is focused on community-wide diversity improvement.
I have been honored to serve as Mayor these past 4 years and I look forward to continuing the work that this city has in progress. There is much benefit to having a Mayor serve more than one term for continuity of project work, city staff leadership, and community engagement. I am passionate about ensuring Woodbury is a welcoming and inclusive community. As Woodbury’s City Administrator recently said publicly of me: “Anne is all-in!” I am very committed to leading our community in whatever ways I am needed to continue to have Woodbury one of the best cities to live in Minnesota and the United States.
Public Office Sought: Woodbury Mayor
Email: [email protected]
Campaign Phone: 651-200-4612
Campaign Website: MayorAnneBurt.com
Twitter handle:
Facebook Page: AnneBurtWoodburyMNMayor
Candidate Bio
I have served the City of Woodbury as Mayor since my election in 2018 and am seeking to serve this leadership role for another term. I have the proven background and experience necessary to continue to serve the residents of Minnesota’s eighth largest city, building upon the successes that make Woodbury the thriving community it is.
I am committed to:
Maintaining Woodbury’s commitment that its residential neighborhoods, business community, employment opportunities, and excellent city services, including public safety, continue to thrive.
Meeting residents’ needs by providing opportunities for employment, commerce, recreation, education, transportation, as well as participation in community & faith-based organizations and cultural activities.
Carefully managing growth with strategic and thoughtful planning.
Ensuring continued strong financial management of city resources and assets.
I have a degree in chemistry and an MBA. Besides my role as Mayor, I serve on the Board of the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce and the Woodbury Community Foundation and am a member of the Lions Club and Woodbury Heritage Society. I have worked professionally for more than 30 years in the field of water quality. I am an active listener, a great communicator, understand the big picture and deliver results.
What would be your top three priorities if elected?
Water Quality
With a career in the field of water quality for more than 30 years, I will ensure that Woodbury’s water continues to meet all state standards and guidelines for drinking water. To ensure that we can continue to provide our community with good quality water for decades to come, my number one priority is to lead the process for upgrading our drinking water supply to a system that treats our drinking water via a permanent filtration treatment plant using the funding granted to our city via the state’s Conceptual Drinking Water Supply Plan. This will be the largest public works project our city has ever experienced and will take several years and a cost of more than $150 million.
Public Safety
Public safety is one of our most important services and I will continue to ensure it is one that focuses on the safety of our residents and visitors and is delivered to our community with compassion and courage. We have an excellent reputation for public safety in Woodbury due to our culture which has been built with men and women serving with integrity and doing so in a unified public safety model combining police, fire, EMS vs. having these be separate, siloed organizations. Our Multicultural Advisory Committee and our integrated social work professionals have helped our public safety team meet our community’s needs with a focus on upholding the dignity of and preserving human life.
Manage Growth
I will continue to focus on carefully managing growth with strategic and thoughtful planning. Utilizing our 2040 Comprehensive Plan, we will implement the plan in the coming years ensuring a balance of commercial and residential growth as anticipated. Woodbury has been a community that provides a variety of housing options for all, no matter the income, family status, race, or stage of life and this will continue to be a focus as we grow.
How would you characterize the business climate in Woodbury and what is the role of businesses supporting quality of life issues in the community?
Thriving! In 2021, we celebrated 54 new businesses in Woodbury. We also experienced commercial growth of more than 570,000 square feet. The City’s total cumulative square footage of commercial space now surpasses 12 million. Woodbury’s commercial space is comprised of 58.5% non-retail (office, medical, industrial/other) and 41.5% retail.
We have also become known as the healthcare destination of the east metro with our growing medical sector and employers. We benefit from a growing population with current estimates at nearly 79,000 residents and the 2040 estimate to be nearly 90,000. We have a variety of housing options so people can both work and live in Woodbury. In addition, our active Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce engages and connects businesses with our community to promote prosperous economic development and a vibrant business community.
What role do you think the city should have in attracting and retaining jobs, and what steps would you take to solicit new businesses to, and retain existing businesses in, Woodbury?
Under my leadership, Woodbury has done an excellent job in attracting new businesses as evidenced by the development in our commercial areas including City Place, Urban Village, the northeast corridor, and others throughout the city as well as the many projects in redevelopment that have been completed or are underway. Our 2040 Comprehensive Plan has thoughtfully planned for expansion of our diversified business sector which will allow for a variety of employment opportunities, increase our tax base, enhance our residents’ quality of life, and continue to be a place to both work and live in Woodbury. As mayor and official head of the city, I take an active role in meeting with business owners and developers as spokesperson to share the good news about the many benefits of bringing commercial and industrial development here. Woodbury benefits from having an established economic development staff and a commission of engaged citizens that studies, reviews, and prepares recommendations for city council review. In addition, I attend our economic development commission meetings and we just completed our Economic Development Strategic Plan and will ensure that the plan is implemented.
What policies, if any, would you support to help employers address the labor shortage?
We are a pro-business community with policies that support business’s ability to grow and prosper. We’ve been supportive of the Gold Line BRT coming to Woodbury so employees can have this transit option to work in our city and employers know that they can attract workers. Our commitment to a variety of housing options has provided a community where employees can live and work in the same community. We are excited about the construction of affordable workforce housing to provide the ability for more Woodbury-based businesses to draw employees.
Do you support any specific employment-related proposals in Woodbury (such as minimum wage, sick time, or mandatory scheduling notice)? If so, what steps would you take to understand the impact of an ordinance on the many types of businesses in Woodbury and how would you define any exceptions to those policies?
Being engaged in our community, I see market forces for employment actively at work. While there is a minimum wage for the State of Minnesota, many businesses in our community are paying far above the minimum wage. Business owners and managers seem to effectively adjust their wages and benefits based on the specific needs of their business in attracting, hiring, and retaining employees. Our businesses know how to operate their companies best and likely will continue to adjust to market conditions as they need to remain competitive. Thus, I do not see the need, at this point, to support any type of regulation of employment-related proposals.
Public safety and rising crime rates are of serious concern to the business community and residents. What strategies or policies would you propose to address public safety issues facing your community?
Woodbury remains a safe city in which to work and live. For a period of time, we experienced a spillover of crime from the metro area in the form of catalytic converter thefts and to a lesser extent auto thefts, although most of the latter were due to garage doors being left open and access to key fobs. We actively communicate with residents with recommendations on improving safety.
Woodbury’s public safety model, which combines police, fire and EMS services under one department, has led to a culture of preserving life while fighting crime and treating all with compassion and courage. This philosophy has been developed and cultivated over many years with the public safety leadership team. I am pleased that with the retirement this summer of three of our public safety team leaders, we have promoted from within to continue to support this positive culture.
Our public safety team has been innovative in the use of our Multicultural Advisory Committee as well as incorporating social workers into our mental health response team. While much positive progress has been made, I along with our city council members have made Public Safety the top focus of our upcoming Strategic Initiatives. We are working with staff to further develop the work related this important strategic focus area.
What strategies or policies would you propose to address housing issues facing your community?
We have been, and will continue to be, a community that offers a variety of housing options to accommodate people of all ages, income levels, race, and family status. As such, we have a mix of approximately 50% single family homes and 50% multi-family homes (apartments and townhomes) and a mix of owner occupied as well as rental.
The 2021 Housing Action Plan identified strategies to support our housing options and the residents who live here. Through our HRA we have the Woodbury First-Time Homeownership Program that is structured as a deferred note up to $25,000 which helps buyers save hundreds of dollars per month on their housing payment by reducing or eliminating the need for private mortgage insurance. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund is a loan program designed to ensure that Woodbury ages with grace as well as offering the ability to provide a resource to residents working through code enforcement.
As many of our residents are aging into senior citizens, we have ensured that there are a variety of options for them to continue to live in Woodbury whether that’s to move to a 55+ community option at either market or affordable rate or to remain in their own home.
Under construction now in Woodbury is a 235-unit affordable workforce housing project. It is located in our Urban Village area with easy access to services, retail, and parks & recreation.
What strategies or policies would you propose to address transportation issues facing your community? Have your strategies or views changed on transportation since we’ve seen shifts in road use, public transportation use, work from home models, etc. due to the pandemic?
As a growing community, we have needs for additional roads or lanes to help handle traffic flow. This is planned into projects as we expand our commercial and residential footprint. Traffic flow has been improved as a result of the many roundabouts installed and planned in our area. And in some cases, we are reducing lanes as a result of shifting traffic patterns. We are making space for bike lanes along roads as well as continuing to build and maintain our numerous bike trails.
In terms of transit, Woodbury is supported by commuter bus lines as well as local bus routes. These have experienced decreased usage because of changing practices. The Gold Line BRT, a project of Washington & Ramsey Counties along with the Met Council with significant funding from the FTA, is scheduled to begin construction later in 2022 with operation in 2025. These entities have not changed their plans because of the shifting changes as a result of the pandemic. Ideally, it would be beneficial to have transit options available to transport riders from the mid or end of the Gold Line BRT to employers throughout Woodbury, especially the growing warehouse area of the northeast side of town.
What are your priorities for the City’s budget?
Woodbury has an excellent AAA bond rating as a result of budgeting conventions and historically strong financial practices. The priorities for the City’s budget are to provide continuing quality and affordable services. It is important to balance the needs of our growing, high-quality community with controlled spending. Currently Woodbury has one of the lowest tax rates among the 17 city metro communities. I will continue the expectation that we run an efficient government and that we maintain the right balance of taxes and services. I support our city’s detailed budgeting process, for both operating expenses and capital projects, which is essentially an on-going process throughout the year.
What will you do to expand Woodbury’s tax base?
We are poised for continued growth and thus the tax base will expand accordingly. We have had significant commercial growth for the past several years. With our expanding community, our residential construction is very strong. Our next phase of commercial development is underway in the northeast corner of Woodbury where we recently welcomed the new Kindeva Drug Delivery facility as well as Ryan Companies construction of a 500,000 square foot Amazon facility. That area will continue to see development of places to work including warehousing, office, showrooms, and light industrial.
In addition to commercial growth, we are experiencing significant residential growth with nearly 700 units in 2019 and 1000 each in 2020 and 2021. Due to our commitment to housing variety, these units are split 50-50 between single-family and multi-family units.
How will you work with K-12 and post-secondary educational institutions and businesses to ensure our region develops and retains an educated workforce?
Woodbury is supported by three K-12 school districts and we have a good working relationship with all of them, meeting on a formal basis quarterly with our largest district including the superintendent and staff. Woodbury is known for its excellent schools, whether public, private, or charter schools. Communication and cooperation are important as our community adds residents and schools adjust their services.
Are there any services currently provided by the city that you believe should be cut back or eliminated? Are there new opportunities to share services with other entities?
As our community experiences more mental health crises and challenges, there is high value in imbedding social workers into our public safety delivery. As a pilot, we currently have one social worker, who is a Washington County employee for which the City pays the majority of the cost, working with our police and supporting the mental health needs of the community and on specific calls. This program is going well and might benefit from expansion. Ideally more of this type of support should come directly from the County.
What is the role of the Mayor in fostering increased minority- and women-owned businesses in Woodbury?
In Woodbury, we have a unique practice that I as Mayor am also a board member of our Chamber of Commerce. This has been the practice because we see the importance of successful businesses in our community. Woodbury’s demographics have seen increasing growth in the minority population with 25% of all residents and 40% of our youth being people of color. The combination of being a welcoming and inclusive community, having strong businesses, and a being a diverse population are all factors that support opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses.
What further policies can Woodbury adopt to help the business community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Our businesses have rebounded well from the pandemic. Woodbury is fortunate in that we have not been impacted by the challenges faced by Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Woodbury Economic Development Commission, for which I as Mayor sit on the commission, just completed the Economic Development Strategic Plan for 2022. This document looks out on a 4–5-year horizon with specific strategies, objectives, and tactics.
Woodbury is supported by a variety of business sectors including education, retail, leisure/hospitality, manufacturing, financial services, and professional/business services. We have commercial land still to develop and have and continue to attract both employers and employees.
Is there anything else you would like to share with voters not covered above?
As a growing community with an increasingly diverse population (25% of residents and 40% of youth are people of color), I am supportive of the equity work for which Woodbury has been leading for more than a decade. While much work has been done, we can, must, and will do more. The recent addition of our Community Engagement and Equity Coordinator is a significant step toward ensuring that we are a welcoming and inclusive community. This coordinator and I are actively involved, in cooperative work with the YMCA and Woodbury Community Foundation, on a racial equity steering committee which is focused on community-wide diversity improvement.
I have been honored to serve as Mayor these past 4 years and I look forward to continuing the work that this city has in progress. There is much benefit to having a Mayor serve more than one term for continuity of project work, city staff leadership, and community engagement. I am passionate about ensuring Woodbury is a welcoming and inclusive community. As Woodbury’s City Administrator recently said publicly of me: “Anne is all-in!” I am very committed to leading our community in whatever ways I am needed to continue to have Woodbury one of the best cities to live in Minnesota and the United States.