April Parker is from Greensboro, North Carolina. She has a master’s degree in library science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Kean University, and an associate’s degree in general science from Virginia Western Community College. She lives with her family in Greensboro.

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April Parker is the founder and owner of the cultural organizing and consulting firm Architect of Black Space (ABOS).

April Parker's campaign for Greensboro City Council Member, District 3 is her first entry into politics. 

Supports investing in small businesses to reduce costs, strengthen the local economy, and foster community development.

Supports collaborating with local employers to promote hiring individuals with criminal records by providing incentives or recognition to participating businesses.

Supports offering grants or low-interest loans for businesses in high-potential industries like clean energy, transportation, and logistics, and providing financial incentives to businesses that hire locally and contribute to community development.

- Supports investing in small businesses to reduce costs, strengthen the local economy, and foster community development.
- Supports collaborating with local employers to promote hiring individuals with criminal records by providing incentives or recognition to participating businesses.
- Supports offering grants or low-interest loans for businesses in high-potential industries like clean energy, transportation, and logistics, and providing financial incentives to businesses that hire locally and contribute to community development.

Economy

Supports providing bus transportation for students to attend classes at local community colleges.

- Supports providing bus transportation for students to attend classes at local community colleges.

Public Services

Supports building affordable and mixed-income housing, increasing tenant protections, and expanding permanent supportive housing options.

Supports zoning changes to allow for high-density housing in areas currently restricted to single-family homes, eliminate minimum lot sizes and parking space requirements for new construction, and expand multi-purpose zoning.

- Supports building affordable and mixed-income housing, increasing tenant protections, and expanding permanent supportive housing options.
- Supports zoning changes to allow for high-density housing in areas currently restricted to single-family homes, eliminate minimum lot sizes and parking space requirements for new construction, and expand multi-purpose zoning.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports addressing the root causes of crime, such as homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

- Supports addressing the root causes of crime, such as homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

Public Safety

Supports strengthening transportation links to attract high-tech and manufacturing industries, and improve transportation to boost talent, tourism, and economic vibrancy.

- Supports strengthening transportation links to attract high-tech and manufacturing industries, and improve transportation to boost talent, tourism, and economic vibrancy.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Advocates equitable education, including support for the proposed Guilford Guarantee (associate’s degree or workforce credential for graduates).

- Supports expanding access to childcare.
- Advocates equitable education, including support for the proposed Guilford Guarantee (associate’s degree or workforce credential for graduates).

Education

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- City council members work together to set and implement city policy. 
- The 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. 