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Carolyn lives in Royal Oaks, Michigan, where she has lived for nearly 20 years. 


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Carolyn is retired. She previously worked in a Human Resources role at I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc. 

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Carolyn Martz's campaign for Royal Oak City Commissioner is her first entry into politics.

Supports reducing administrative fees and city expenditures to lower taxes, enabling seniors to afford to age in place.

Supports balancing the budget, reducing city debt, and lowering taxes.

Aims to help downtown businesses recover by providing parking passes to residents to encourage a "return to downtown."

- Supports reducing administrative fees and city expenditures to lower taxes, enabling seniors to afford to age in place.
- Supports balancing the budget, reducing city debt, and lowering taxes.
- Aims to help downtown businesses recover by providing parking passes to residents to encourage a "return to downtown."

Economy

Opposes the construction of a three-and-a-half-story, 42-unit building on Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, saying it is too small for the planned development.

Opposes the construction of an apartment complex on Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, saying it is too small for the planned development.

Supports limiting the construction of “Big Foot“ houses and downtown skyscrapers.

Supports providing public and private incentives to renovate existing smaller homes.

Wants to study and quantify existing rental stock and vacancies.

Supports assisting landlords in improving apartments to blend in with and complement adjacent single-family neighborhoods.

Supports home ownership for all age groups to help residents build equity rather than paying rent.

Supports home ownership for all age groups to help residents build equity.

- Opposes the construction of an apartment complex on Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, saying it is too small for the planned development.
- Supports limiting the construction of “Big Foot“ houses and downtown skyscrapers.
- Supports providing public and private incentives to renovate existing smaller homes.
- Supports assisting landlords in improving apartments to blend in with and complement adjacent single-family neighborhoods.
- Supports home ownership for all age groups to help residents build equity.

Housing & Urban Development

- Believes in adding more police officers.

Public Safety

As of August 13, 2025, Carolyn Martz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Supports establishing better means of communication for seniors through multiple channels such as direct mail, social media, and email.

Supports protecting and enhancing all Royal Oak parks.

Supports preserving and enhancing existing green spaces and features.

- Supports establishing better means of communication for seniors through multiple channels such as direct mail, social media, and email.
- Supports protecting and enhancing all Royal Oak parks.
- Supports preserving and enhancing existing green spaces and features.

Public Services

Energy & the Environment

Supports returning to current city zoning and federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking requirements in high-rise buildings.

Believes in maintaining properly sized roads to accommodate emergency vehicles and peak traffic flow, opposing "obstructive medians, road narrowing or road diets."

Supports expanding the SMART on-demand FLEX transportation service in Royal Oak to operate seven days a week.

- Supports returning to current city zoning and federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking requirements in high-rise buildings.
- Believes in maintaining properly sized roads to accommodate emergency vehicles and peak traffic flow, opposing "obstructive medians, road narrowing or road diets."
- Supports maintaining and repaving roads.
- Supports expanding the SMART on-demand FLEX transportation service in Royal Oak to operate seven days a week.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Opposes the construction of an apartment building at Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, advocating for lower density housing.

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- Opposes the construction of an apartment complex on Rochester Road and Genesee Avenue, saying it is too small for the planned development.

As of August 13, 2025, Carolyn Martz did not have a website or any information online.

Carolyn lives in Royal Oaks, Michigan, where she has lived for nearly 20 years. 

Carolyn Martz has lived in the area of Rochester Road and Genesee Street near 14 Mile for 20 years.

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