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Aaron C. Higgins
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Aaron C. Higgins is running for Pooler City Council Member.
Personal background
Born in California, Aaron spent most of his childhood in northeast Ohio. As a teenager, he and his family relocated to Colorado Springs, where he met and married his wife, Ashley, in 2009. Aaron and his wife moved to Pooler in 2015. He has an associate’s degree in English from Pikes Peak State College and a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration and Management from Colorado State University Global.
He serves on the Evangelism & Hospitality Committee of Wesley Monumental United Methodist and is a board member of Family Promise of the Coastal Empire. He is the Juneteenth Run chairman for the Pooler Juneteenth Celebration Committee. In August 2023, he was appointed for a four-year term to the Municipal Training Board of the Harold F. Holt Municipal Training Institute. In February 2023, he was elected to a one-year term with the National League of Cities 2023 Small Cities Council.
Professional background
Aaron works full-time for Strategic Healthcare Partners, a Savannah-based healthcare consulting and analytics company.
Political background
Aaron Higgins was elected for his first term as a city council member in 2020.
Natural Resources & the Environment
Advocates for protecting Pooler’s natural wetland areas by pursuing grants that help cities purchase and preserve land.
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Housing & Urban Development
As of August 28, 2023, Aaron C. Higgins’s website did not contain information on this issue.
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Public Safety
Advocates for the construction of a “state-of-the-art live fire training tower/building” for the Pooler Fire Department.
Wants to expand training programs for the Pooler Fire Department.
Supports the creation of “low-cost, publicly accessible training programs, such as Red Cross CPR certification, Stop the Bleed, and verbal conflict resolution”.
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Public Services
Supports the construction of a library in Pooler that includes “additional indoor and outdoor space for local events”.
Proposes the creation of a Smart Growth Economic Development Strategy, a step-by-step guide used by small and mid-sized cities to build a place-based economic development strategy.
As a city council member, worked with other councilmembers to rewrite the alcohol ordinance of Pooler.
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Transportation & Infrastructure
Supports the implementation of strategies to manage traffic.
Wants to interconnect dead-end neighborhoods.
Wants to promote non-car solutions such as trams, bikes, and e-scooters.
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