City of Doraville

Stephe has lived in Doraville for 32 years. She has a degree from DeKalb Technical College. She attends Oakhurst Presbyterian Church.

Stephe is now retired but previously owned and managed multiple small businesses. She also worked as a church administrator and in the IT and auto industries.

Stephe Koontz is currently the Doraville city council member representing District 3. She was first elected in 2017. She is the first transgender elected official in the southeast.

Wants to develop a core downtown around a new town center to give Doraville a new identity and spur development around the MARTA station.

Believes the lack of convenient retail options is due to "the demographics and the low median income level here."

Plans to improve aging school facilities.

As a city council member, she supported funding for a downtown redevelopment project in Doraville in August 2018.

As a city council member, she supported a Doraville Art Committee to study what public art should look like in the city and the steps needed to allow for it.

- Wants to develop a core downtown around a new town center to give Doraville a new identity and spur development around the MARTA station. 
- Believes the lack of convenient retail options is due to "the demographics and the low median income level here." 
- Plans to improve aging school facilities. 
- As a city council member, she supported funding for a downtown redevelopment project in Doraville in August 2018.
- As a city council member, she supported a Doraville Art Committee to study what public art should look like in the city and the steps needed to allow for it.

Public Services

As of August 23, 2021, Stephe Koontz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

COVID

City Budget

Wants to protect current housing while requiring the new development include a percentage of "workforce housing."

Plans to look for create ways to provide affordable housing, such as micro apartment units mixed in with larger units in the same complex.

- Wants to protect current housing while requiring the new development include a percentage of "workforce housing." 
- Plans to look for create ways to provide affordable housing, such as micro apartment units mixed in with larger units in the same complex.

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Wants to reinstate the requirement that all new building construction be LEED certified.

Said, "\[t\]he idea of a walkable city is nice, building bike trails and multi-million dollar pedestrian improvements to our city could spur some improvements but we also need to focus on housing. We need transit options but we also need rooftops."

- Wants to reinstate the requirement that all new building construction be LEED certified. 
- Said, "\[t\]he idea of a walkable city is nice, building bike trails and multi-million dollar pedestrian improvements to our city could spur some improvements but we also need to focus on housing. We need transit options but we also need rooftops."

Transportation & Infrastructure

As a city council member, she voted against creating a committee to study possibly rezoning a district for a neighborhood in Doraville.

- As a city council member, she voted against creating a committee to study possibly rezoning a district for a neighborhood in Doraville.

Zoning

Stephe Koontz

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