Tucker Observer

Shawn is from Kentucky. He attended Georgia State University before transferring to Georgia Southern University. He moved to Georgia in 1986 and has lived in Tucker for three years. He lives with his wife, Joy, and two children.

Shawn is the CEO of Lewoo Equity Partner, LLC, which is a film production equipment rental and diesel fuel distribution company. He is Studio Director of The Westside Production Park Film Studio. He previously worked as a real estate broker.

Shawn Woods' campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

Wants to promote entrepreneurs and local businesses.

Plans to support and improve the downtown cultural arts destinations.

Wants to increase economic development in industrial areas.

Plans to use Tucker's central location to major thoroughfares as a way to attract film and technology companies to the city

- Wants to promote entrepreneurs and local businesses. 
- Plans to support and improve the downtown cultural arts destinations.
- Wants to increase economic development in industrial areas.
- Plans to use Tucker's central location to major thoroughfares as a way to attract film and technology companies to the city

Public Services

Plans to focus on "education and awarenes"

His campaign recently donated 20k covid masks to Tucker High

Currently partnering with a non-profit organization to bring a free clinic to Tucker to address Covid testing and general wellness issues

Believes the City Council must work together to not politicize

the Covid vaccine or the science behind understanding how to slow the spread.

Says that "protecting our most vulnerable citizens (the elderly, immune compromised individuals, and

children under 12) must be at the forefront of what we do"

- Plans to focus on "education and awarenes"
- His campaign recently donated 20k covid masks to Tucker High
school
- Currently partnering with a non-profit organization to bring a free clinic to Tucker to address Covid testing and general wellness issues
- Believes the City Council must work together to not politicize
the Covid vaccine or the science behind understanding how to slow the spread. 
- Says that "protecting our most vulnerable citizens (the elderly, immune compromised individuals, and
children under 12) must be at the forefront of what we do"

COVID

Wants "more detailed information on the general expense fund made available to the public in several different ways"

Believes that the city should reach "citizens via formats that are most comfortable and accessible to them"

- Wants "more detailed information on the general expense fund made available to the public in several different ways"
- Believes that the city should reach "citizens via formats that are most comfortable and accessible to them"

City Budget

Supports more new residential single family attached and detached construction within the city limits (designed to support a range of price points)

Argues that "housing and economic growth are hand in hand. Successful metropolitan areas that see growth in one area don’t often do so without seeing significant growth in another."

Supports a live & work development near the Northlake Mall area

- Supports more new residential single family attached and detached construction within the city limits (designed to support a range of price points) 
- Argues that "housing and economic growth are hand in hand. Successful metropolitan areas that see growth in one area don’t often do so without seeing significant growth in another."
- Supports a live & work development near the Northlake Mall area

Housing & Urban Development

Plans to focus on community policing, bike patrols, community centers and mental health professionals.

Wants to "bridg\[e\] the civic education gap among socio-economic classes."

Said he recently sat down with the former Lieutenant of the DeKalb County Police Department to discuss neighborhood watch programs

Believes neighborhood watch programs could be an inexpensive and easy way to engage neighbors, encourage communication, and proactively discourage crime

- Plans to focus on community policing, bike patrols, community centers and mental health professionals. 
- Wants to "bridg\[e\] the civic education gap among socio-economic classes."
- Said he recently sat down with the former Lieutenant of the DeKalb County Police Department to discuss neighborhood watch programs
- Believes neighborhood watch programs could be an inexpensive and easy way to engage neighbors, encourage communication, and proactively discourage crime

Public Safety

Plans on "reshaping parks and recreation" by building e-gaming and e-sports recreational facilities.

Wants comprehensive transportation planning.

Supports Tucker becoming more walkable through additional sidewalks

- Plans on "reshaping parks and recreation" by building e-gaming and e-sports recreational facilities. 
- Wants comprehensive transportation planning.
- Supports "smart infrastructure."
- Supports Tucker becoming more walkable through additional sidewalks

Transportation & Infrastructure

Believes the City Planning & Zoning Department appears

Said he is pro-business and pro-job creation which "cannot exist

without a City Council that is dedicated to zoning initiatives that support growth"

Plans to support "current businesses that are occupying locations that have received use exemptions due to being grandfathered in"

- Wants comprehensive land use planning.
- Believes the City Planning & Zoning Department appears
to be on the right track
- Said he is pro-business and pro-job creation which "cannot exist
without a City Council that is dedicated to zoning initiatives that support growth"
- Plans to support "current businesses that are occupying locations that have received use exemptions due to being grandfathered in"

Zoning

Shawn Woods

- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy. 
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 