After three terms as mayor of 91原创 Township, Jack Froese announced that he will not run in this fall鈥檚 municipal election.

鈥淚 really enjoyed my 11 years as mayor of 91原创,鈥� Froese said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an awesome community.鈥�

He thanked council and the Township staff for their work over the years he was mayor.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the residents that really make the job rewarding,鈥� Froese said.

He isn鈥檛 leaving municipal office with plans to jump into another major job in the private or public sectors.

鈥淚鈥檓 going to retire,鈥� Froese said.

Plans for the immediate future including going fishing more, including off Pender Island, where he has family, and possibly helping out his grown children with the family business, J.D. Farms.

He鈥檚 also been involved with Aldergrove Rotary since long before he was mayor, and he plans to get more involved with fundraising events with the club again.

鈥淚 won鈥檛 be without things to do,鈥� Froese told the 91原创 Advance Times.

Over the course of his time as mayor, Froese said he was proud of several major accomplishments by council, including opening the Aldergrove Credit Union Community Centre.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 huge,鈥� he noted.

The difficult process of shepherding the Brookswood OCP into its new form took place under his mayoralty, as did about half the Willoughby neighbourhood plans, Froese noted.

The Township also revamped the way it does neighbourhood planning to include more public engagement, he noted.

On transit and transportation, the Township has worked with the province and TransLink on projects like the new 216th Street highway interchange, and widening Highway One as far as Aldergrove.

鈥淪kyTrain is now coming to 91原创, and 11 years ago, that wasn鈥檛 even in the picture,鈥� Froese noted of the major changes over the last decade.

One aspect of politics is that Froese and his councils oversaw the completion of projects that were begun under previous mayors, and there are projects that are in the works now that will be finished under future mayors.

He noted that over the last two years, COVID-19 had made the council cautious about launching major endeavours in an uncertain environment.

Some projects, like a performance centre near the LEC, have been proposed but are far from being approved or built.

鈥淚鈥檇 love to see a performance centre in 91原创,鈥� Froese said.

鈥淚鈥檒l leave that for the next council.鈥�