Maggie Ullman Berthiaume is from the northern Appalachian Mountains. She attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She lives with her husband, Chris Berthiaume, and their daughter in Asheville.

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Maggie Ullman Berthiaume is from the northern Appalachian Mountains. She has a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy and economics from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She lives with her husband, Chris, and their daughter in Asheville.

Maggie is a climate consultant. She works at national nonprofits and foundations to coordinate climate change initiatives. She previously worked at the City of Asheville as its first sustainability director, where she saved $1 million a year in energy costs and increased residential recycling by 35%.

Maggie was a climate consultant. She previously worked at the City of Asheville as its first sustainability director.

Maggie Ullman - The City of Asheville

Maggie currently serves as a council member for the Asheville City Council. She was first elected in 2022 and is in her first term.

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Economy

Prioritizes funding for core city services, including water systems, recycling, waste services, sidewalks, greenways, parks, and living wages for staff.

Supported priority funding for core city services, like water system, sidewalks, and parks, and wages to retain staff.

Supports the Reparations resolution and emphasizes the importance of community input in addressing generational wealth creation and economic mobility for the Black community. Interested in exploring funding through city-owned land that was historically devalued.

Supported exploration of city-owned land to fund reparations resolution adopted by city.

- Supported priority funding for core city services, like water system, sidewalks, and parks, and wages to retain staff.
- Supported exploration of city-owned land to fund reparations resolution adopted by city.

Public Services

Champions building deeply affordable housing, supports zoning for small-scale housing, and advocates for incentives to assist those earning a living wage or less.

Supported affordable housing with "accessible multimodal transportation options and access to" community needs.

Advocates for coalition building and funding commitments for supportive low-barrier housing and wraparound services to address chronic homelessness in Asheville.

Supported connecting "unhoused neighbors" with "necessary resources."

- Supported affordable housing with "accessible multimodal transportation options and access to" community needs.
- Supported connecting "unhoused neighbors" with "necessary resources."

Housing & Urban Development

Supports investing in community safety through law enforcement, community paramedic programs, and partnerships for innovative safety initiatives, while advocating for police pay and community-led crime prevention efforts.

Supports investing in community safety through law enforcement, community paramedic programs, and partnerships for innovative safety initiatives.

- Supports investing in community safety through law enforcement, community paramedic programs, and partnerships for innovative safety initiatives.

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports installing solar power on every city building as a cost-effective environmental strategy.

Supports installing solar power on every city building.

Supports prioritizing responses to extreme weather and climate change, emphasizing the need for both carbon mitigation and environmental justice through initiatives like the Climate Justice Initiative Plan and a 100% renewable energy policy.

Supports implementation of Climate Justice Initiative Plan, a city effort to address how climate change disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color.

Supports the 4% annual municipal operations carbon reduction goal.

- Supports installing solar power on every city building.
- Supports implementation of Climate Justice Initiative Plan, a city effort to address how climate change disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color.
- Supports the 4% annual municipal operations carbon reduction goal.

Energy & the Environment

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Maggie Ullman Berthiaume

Maggie Ullman Berthiaume currently serves as a Council Member for the Asheville City Council. She was first elected in 2022 and is in her first term.

Prioritizes funding for core city services, including water systems, recycling, waste services, sidewalks, greenways, parks, and ensuring living wages to retain staff for a healthy and safe community.

- Supported priority funding for core city services, like water system, sidewalks, and parks, and wages to retain staff.

Supported exploration of city-owned land to fund Reparations resolution adopted by city.

- Supported priority funding for core city services, like water system, sidewalks, and parks, and wages to retain staff.
- Supported exploration of city-owned land to fund Reparations resolution adopted by city.

Prioritizes funding for core city services including water systems, recycling, waste services, sidewalks, greenways, parks, and living wages for staff retention.

Supports implementation of Climate Justice Initiative Plan and other environmental policies.

- Supports installing solar power on every city building.
- Supports implementation of Climate Justice Initiative Plan and other environmental policies.

- 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. 