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Reeves lives in District C near downtown Raleigh. He earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture resource economics from North Carolina State University and a master's degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. He serves as a Raleigh Planning Commissioner. 

Reeves works as an associate for First Citizens Bank. He previously worked in agriculture technology in the Bay Area of San Francisco.

Reeves Peeler's campaign for the city council of Raleigh is his first run for public office.

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Wants to enhance and expand parks and recreation options, especially for young people.

Supports fully investing in Community Action Councils and creating new opportunities for direct community engagement with city staff, developers, and the city council.

As a community organizer, he has organized campaigns that won funding for new public park facilities in Oxford.

- Wants to enhance and expand parks and recreation options, especially for young people.
- Supports fully investing in Community Action Councils and creating new opportunities for direct community engagement with city staff, developers, and the city council.
- As a community organizer, he has organized campaigns that won funding for new public park facilities in Oxford.

Public Services

Believes in advocating for criminal justice reforms.

Supports advocating for criminal justice reforms.

Supports paying living wages to all city workers and competitive salaries for emergency service workers.

Supports fair property tax practices and advocates for local public servants to receive living wages.

- Supports advocating for criminal justice reforms.
- Supports paying living wages to all city workers and competitive salaries for emergency service workers.
- Supports fair property tax practices and advocates for local public servants to receive living wages.

Public Safety

Supports building ordinances that prioritize locally owned small businesses in new commercial spaces.

Aims to find ways to support seniors, retirees, and low-income residents who may be adversely affected by high property taxes.

Priorities finding ways to support seniors, retirees, and low-income residents adversely affected by high property taxes.

Supports affordable spaces for local small businesses.

- Supports building ordinances that prioritize locally owned small businesses in new commercial spaces.
- Priorities finding ways to support seniors, retirees, and low-income residents adversely affected by high property taxes.
- Supports affordable spaces for local small businesses.

Economy

As of June 14, 2025, Reeves Peeler’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports amending Raleigh's laws to require new developments to include public greenways and parks within a five-minute walk of all new homes.

Supports creating policies to incentivize affordable housing unit construction and protect residents of existing affordable homes.

Supports planning housing developments to shorten commute times, reduce car dependency, and ensure people can live close to where they work and play.

Prioritizes planning housing developments that shorten commute times, reduce car dependency, and ensure people can live close to where they work and play.

Supports re-investing in public housing and community land trusts.

Believes Raleigh is "a city for everyone" and that land use and development ordinances should be inclusive.

Supports increasing tree cover requirements in development ordinances.

Opposes development in protected watersheds.

- Supports amending Raleigh's laws to require new developments to include public greenways and parks within a five-minute walk of all new homes.
- Supports creating policies to incentivize affordable housing unit construction and protect residents of existing affordable homes.
- Prioritizes planning housing developments that shorten commute times, reduce car dependency, and ensure people can live close to where they work and play.
- Supports re-investing in public housing and community land trusts.
- Believes Raleigh is "a city for everyone" and that land use and development ordinances should be inclusive.
- Supports increasing tree cover requirements in development ordinances.
- Opposes development in protected watersheds.
- Opposes criminalization of homelessness.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports making Raleigh’s fare-free public transit permanent.

Plans to improve street design to enhance safety and comfort for buses, bikers, and pedestrians.

Supports investing in GoRaleigh and GoTriangle.

Believes the working class must be prioritized in public transit discussions, saying "Ensuring that people like nurses, teachers, public servants, and service industry workers can afford to thrive along our BRT lines will be pivotal to its success."

Said, "Ensuring that people like nurses, teachers, public servants, and service industry workers can afford to thrive along our BRT lines will be pivotal to its success."

Supports investing in green transportation.

Believes in ending "unsustainable sprawl" and shifting growth patterns away from "solely car travel."

- Supports making Raleigh’s fare-free public transit permanent.
- Plans to improve street design to enhance safety and comfort for buses, bikers, and pedestrians.
- Supports investing in GoRaleigh and GoTriangle.
- Said, "Ensuring that people like nurses, teachers, public servants, and service industry workers can afford to thrive along our BRT lines will be pivotal to its success."
- Supports investing in green transportation.
- Believes in ending "unsustainable sprawl" and shifting growth patterns away from "solely car travel."

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Reeves Peeler

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