Public Safety

Public safety is always the first priority. DuPont is among the safest communities in Washington and we would like to keep it that way.

Like many cities throughout Washington and the United States, DuPont hit hard times during the Great Recession. Funding priorities had to be reconsidered and hard decisions were made, including cutting park and public services to protect funding for police and fire services. Our city council has worked hard to move DuPont to its current AA+ bond rating. Our city has limited funds to support paramedics – advanced life support or ALS. Basic life support, or BLS, will get you to the hospital but emergency responders cannot use techniques allowed by ALS-certified responders, such as starting life-saving stroke drugs.

Protecting our Natural Resources – Celebrating our Heritage

The vision for Northwest Landing, the master-planned community that makes up most (more than 3,200 acres) of DuPont, was a mix of residential, commercial, and retail with large and small public open spaces. The larger parks – Powderworks in Northwest Landing and Sellers in the Historic Village – have been developed with careful consideration of historic and natural attributes to enhance and protect. Powderworks Park includes 500 or more native Garry oaks (Oregon white oaks) that are threatened throughout the Pacific Northwest. The site was also once part of the Orr farm.

The City of DuPont currently owns and maintains 50 acres of developed parks, more than 12 miles of designated trails and bike lanes, and nearly 500 acres of open space and natural areas. Many residents decided to live here because of these amenities but there are threats to these natural resources, including damage to trails, trees, and park equipment, litter, and pet waste.

Supporting DuPont’s Business Community

DuPont has a very young (a little more than two decades) retail community, a very large warehouse district, and employers Amazon, FedEx, and Cal Portland/Glacier NW.

It is critical that we find ways to attract, sustain, and support a successful business sector. I have owned and operated a communications and photography business in DuPont since moving here in 2004, and will work to ensure that the needs of the business community are balanced with the needs of DuPont’s citizens.