Phyllis' professional experience, education, and community involvement have prepared her to lead Frankfort into a thriving tomorrow. As a professional communicator, she understands the importance of working with local residents and businesses. The owner of a local business,
Miss P’s Kids on Main Street, she has

• Worked in the private sector as a Director with IBM/Lexmark
• Worked as a Director for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and Georgia State Assembly
• Served on the Board of P.U.S.H. since 1988, an agency that supports special needs children through age 3
• Represented education and business interests at the state and federal levels

  Her priorities include

• communicating often with city residents and actively involving them as partners in decision-making
  
  
• enhancing the city's parks, pools, recreational facilities, green spaces and youth sports programs
  
  
• seeking and encouraging economic development
  
  
• concentrating on riverfront development
  
  
• improving and optimizing the city's tax structure
  
  
• proactively seeking state and federal funding for city projects, and partnering with the county and other entities–both public and private–when it makes sense to do so
  
  
• researching the need for and creation of a stormwater authority
  
  
• preserving and promoting our historic treasures
  
  
• collaborating with the local school districts and Kentucky State University to enrich the community's educational and cultural opportunities
  
  
• supporting and growing the arts, including support for the Grand Theatre
  
  
• promoting Frankfort as a business and tourism destination
  
  
• fostering citywide beautification

"The 2008 mayor's race is about the future."

"Many good people are going to seek your support. There will be candidates who have served you well in the past, but are they the best leaders for your future?"

"At our aging, cramped City Hall, parking is limited. The only parking garage downtown is outdated, unsafe and closed. The garage didn't deteriorate one night. It's one of many examples of future needs being ignored. We can't continue to do business that way."

"We have an aging city park system; outdated drainage systems in older neighborhoods; and lack of parking spaces for businesses and city employees and citizens needing to go to government offices."

"Communities all over the United States admire the tree-shaded city streets we call home. They gasp at our beautiful vistas of hills and a major river and wonder why the city hasn't capitalized on these assets."

"Cities like all other living organisms must grow or die. To grow does not mean to destroy the infrastructure, abuse the environment and ignore the assets of the past. Planned growth considers the needs of today's citizens and fiercely preserves the historic structures, the once proud river and the assets that remain history around them."

"We want a welcoming community for the seat of state government and its thousands of visitors each day. But we also want a warm and caring community with good schools, safe streets and a healthy economy."