David Down’s Endorsement
Maybe I’m too much of a city building nerd, but this one feels big.
David Down dedicated his career to shaping Calgary’s urban future. As the City’s former Chief Urban Designer, he worked to guide growth, strengthen neighbourhoods, and support a more sustainable, livable Calgary. He’s also a long-time Ward 7 resident who knows the value and joy of living in the inner-city. It’s the great work of people like David that I want to support: those who work at the City to better our shared home every single day.
Thank you David for your past twenty years in public service, and I hope you enjoy your (busy!) retirement. 🙌
September 2025
Over my twenty years as Chief Urban Designer (recently retired) for the City of Calgary I saw firsthand the challenges faced by councillors in understanding, prioritizing, and managing issues of all scales, both within their wards and city wide. I strongly believe that the introduction of parties into municipal politics brings an additional, uncalled-for set of challenges and is an unnecessary distraction which will draw councillors’ focus away from the issues of their constituents.
I am thus very excited to support, in Ward 7, an independent candidate like Myke. He brings strong and diverse community-focused experience to the role and has presented a thoughtful vision for both Ward 7 and the City of Calgary which I can support, and I think will resonate with many constituents as well.
Myke has energy, enthusiasm, and a passion for community service as well as the strong sense of focus on the important issues that will be required to provide leadership and direction for Ward 7.
-David Down