06/23/2025
Ontario County, like many areas across the state, is facing a housing crisis. If elected, one of my top priorities will be ensuring affordable housing for working families. Phelps is uniquely positioned to meet this challenge—we have easy interstate access and are ideally located between Rochester and Syracuse. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel—we can look to towns like Mendon that have struck a balance between rural charm and smart development.
For too long, Phelps has been stalled under the same outdated ideas and influences. Talk of a travel plaza off Exit 42 may have once seemed promising, but that vision is no longer aligned with our community’s needs. The last hotel there became a hub for trafficking, and fuel prices will always be lower just one exit away due to Seneca County’s fuel tax cap.
What our town truly needs is opportunity—for young families, for working people, for anyone who dreams of putting down roots. I believe Phelps can be that place again. But we can’t move forward if we’re stuck in the past.
Let’s chart a bold new course. Let’s build the future Phelps deserves.
