Chapel Hill Town Council Member Lee Storrow will run for reelection this fall. Storrow made the announcement on WCHL’s Morning News with Ron Stutts.

Storrow says he doesn’t believe the job he started four years ago is done.

“From some issues that I care a lot about, like getting sewer infrastructure put in place into the Rogers Road community, to some new issues that I’ve been able to tackle over the last four years, like expanding economic development opportunities and visitor promotion for Orange County and Chapel Hill,” he says, “I know there’s still more work to be done.

“And I think I can get those things done if I serve a second term of the town council.”

Storrow adds attending the ribbon cutting for the Rogers Road Community Center was a moment he is very proud of from his first term.

“I think it was one of the most powerful moments I’ve had over the last four years,” he says.

He says it will be important to work across governmental lines to continue moving issues forward that are important to residents.

“That we, as local leaders, build relationships with each other, and work together, and are willing to do the hard work to get things done outside of council meetings,” he says. “Because the reality is, things that happen on the school board and ensuring that we maintain a quality public school system, has a big impact on the quality of life and the type of town that we want to be in Chapel Hill.

“And if we’re not collaborating and working with our colleagues on the school board, or the Board of Alderman, or the County Commission, then we’re not doing our job right.”

2015 has a lot on the agenda, specifically involving budget discussions. Storrow says that he is excited about the discussions had so far in that process, which could include a bond referendum for capital needs projects.

Storrow was first elected to the Town Council in 2011.

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