Monday, 25 July 2022

The Time Is Now -- to run for re-election

Municipal elections are Oct. 24 and I'm announcing my commitment to run for re-election on Woodstock City Council 

PRESS RELEASE – Filing Paperwork – July 21, 2022

With a vision to the future, on July 21 I delivered my nomination papers to City Hall to seek re-election to Woodstock City Council. The election is Oct. 24.

First elected to City Council in 2018, I have confidence Woodstock residents will re-elect me for another 4-year term. Members of City Council play a very important role in defining the community’s future in so many ways.
I have an expansive background in community volunteering and committees including:
20 years on Woodstock recreation advisory, including 7 years as chair.
Past chair of Cancer Society’s Relay For Life
Past chair of former Woodstock Sports Celebrity Dinner
Long-time member of Lions Club of Woodstock.

Past co-chair in 1996 of Perry Street Arena Farewell Reunion when that sports facility closed forever.
On council, I participated and have been assigned to many committees — recreation advisory, accessibility, environment, boundary adjustment, and I’m proudly an appointed member of Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) board.




A vision of the future for the City includes properly defined residential development.  Pressure exists from developers who want to secure parcels of land for tomorrow’s subdivisions while council and the Oxford planning office diligently approve projects pertaining to intensification and compromise as guidelines on land parcels already inside the City have been defined by both the Oxford Official Plan and the Ontario Provincial Policy Statement (and More Homes For Everyone Act).
With 20 years as a former Realtor, I possess the combination of knowledge encompassing facilities, commercial development, zonings and land uses, the arts and culture, and understanding the budgets in a multi-year system of future buildings or expansions of capital assets. As an example, the vision of a South Gate Centre addition is top priority, but a growing city must analyze all bricks-and-mortar services including fire halls and likely replacing the Civic Centre Arena with a modern arena at Cowan Fields park on Devonshire.

It’s not possible to concentrate on a role such as City Council without great support from home. I have a terrific wife Nicole who enjoys living locally, plus 2 teenage children in Maeghan and Spencer.



I would expect that thanks to additional community involvement, voters make a connection to my diligent, thoughtful and conscientious attitude towards the past, present and future locally. My additional experience includes 7 years as sports editor of The Sentinel-Review (1992-98), research for the Woodstock Sports Wall of Fame, broadcasting for Rogers TV on countless local events and happenings (I enjoyed 12 years hosting London Knights hockey too), and former member of both Woodstock minor hockey and minor baseball executives. 

As my signs said 4 years ago: “The Time Is Now!” Now the time has arrived to re-elect Mark Schadenberg this fall.


Note: For more election information about Mark and the city be sure to follow:

Facebook: Mark Schadenberg – Re-Elect for Woodstock City Council in 2022  

To contact me, Call: (519) 537-1553

Email: mschadenberg@rogers.com

Web: www.marklivesinwoodstock.blogspot.com



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