Misty Van Popta will be running for Township of 91原创 council on the Contract With 91原创 Slate with current councillor and mayoral candidate Eric Woodward in the upcoming Oct. 15 municipal election.

Van Popta is a project management professional with more than seven years experience, who first ran for council in 2011, when she finished 17th.

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鈥淚n 2011, the 208th Street corridor was so bad then that it was a big part of my campaign platform,鈥� Van Popta said.

鈥淗ere we are, 11 years later with no end in sight to the ongoing absurdity of our roads. It鈥檚 ridiculous. We have to fix it, along with so many other important issues. We have to catch-up with development, a big reason I decided to join the Contract With 91原创 team.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 long overdue for some new voices part of a team that will finally be able to solve so many important issues with new ideas, a clear plan, and the commitment to it done,鈥� she added.

Van Popta started her career in the pharmaceutical industry in the 1990s as a frontline technician in a pharmacy. She then transitioned to the technology and pharmaceutical software side for 14 years.

She has also been a small business owner, co-owning a bicycle shop in Fort 91原创.

Misty was described as a 鈥渓ifetime 91原创 resident鈥� in her online profile.

鈥淪he has been a community volunteer for a number of years. She is a single mom to daughters Georgia, 20, who attends Memorial University in St John鈥檚 Newfoundland, and Amelia, 17, who will be attending the Blanche MacDonald Centre in the fall.鈥�

Woodward said Van Popta 鈥渨ill be a great, common-sense addition to council.鈥�

鈥淢isty will help with almost every aspect of our platform, from housing issues and permitting timelines to investing in the infrastructure we need for truly livable communities, for the future,鈥� he said.

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