Charles E. Evans
Occupation: City Council member/Disabled
Veteran
District you are running in: 2
Campaign Manager: self
Daytime Phone Number: 910-485-2415
Address: 926 Fleetwood Drive Fayetteville,
North Carolina 28305
Campaign Email: wevans39@nc.rr.com
Campaign Website: n/a
List most recent political/community experience (provide
dates): City Council 2005-present
What business/civic organizations are you associated with
(list leadership roles): Chairman, Life is Worth Living.
As a candidate, what are your top three policy issues?
Improve community pride, neighborhood improvement,
cleanliness & safety, and transit
What specific NEW initiative would you suggest for economic
growth in Fayetteville? How would it be implemented? I'm not
saying this is a NEW initiative, but we need to do better with an old concept,
which is improve marketing.
Can Fayetteville and Cumberland County successfully
consolidate/merge their governments? What would be the benefits/problems of
consolidating the two into one? Consolidate/merge governments at
this moment is interesting. What would be idea is that the city concentrate on
making this the best possible city it can be for the residents we currently
have. There are a number of issues we as a city need to address before moving
into consolidation. Quality of life issues such as employment, housing,
transit, safety, etc to name a few.
What do you believe to be the city council’s greatest
accomplishments and disappointments in the last two years? We were
responsive to the citizen initiated concerns. The disappointment was that we
failed to provide adequate transit services to all our citizens
How should the city best leverage the impact of the BRAC
process?
How the city council and the business community can work
more effectively to build a better workforce? That we
the Council, and businesses should invent better ideas and ways to market our
city. Marketing is the key.
What would you do to work cooperatively with the other
members of the city council? communicate.
