Questionnaire: Daily Camera

Name: Christiaan van Woudenberg Website: c4erie.com Age: 48 Family: Daughters, Anika and Isobel How long have you lived in Erie?: 14.5 years Professional background: 25-plus years experience in enterprise software development. Political/community experience: Current Board of Trustee member Education: Bachelor of arts in molecular, cellular & developmental biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Graduate studies in computational biology / operations research […]

Questionnaire: East County Housing Opportunity Coalition (ECHO)

Visit https://www.echocolorado.com/ to find out more about ECHO Colorado and the important work they do in East Boulder County. Explain to us your own values about community and the need for affordable housing.I believe that everyone deserves to live in the community where they work; not segregated to an undesirable corner of a municipality but […]

Questionnaire: NOCO Home Builders Association

Let’s start with a general question about housing in your community. What steps, policies and procedures, do you feel have been and can be successful in promoting Attainable and Affordable housing.Given the severe lack of attainable and affordable housing in Erie, no steps, policies, and procedures have been successful thus far. I feel aggressive public-private […]

Questionnaire: Yellowscene

Editor’s Note: This was a phone interview, grammar and some minor details have been updated for correctness from the published article on Yellowscene. Background: van Woudenberg is an incumbent candidate up for re-election to Erie’s board of trustees. He is the editor-in-chief of Erie Protectors, which keeps the community up-to-date on local oil and gas […]

Questionnaire: Erie Economic Development Council

Why do you desire to serve as Mayor/Trustee, and how would your personal strengths benefit the Town of Erie?My two teenage daughters and I have been in Erie since 2007, where we enjoy the mountain views, the small-town feeling, and easy access to all that Denver and Boulder have to offer. I have been a […]

Safety

It’s frustrating to see news reports that rank Colorado as the number one state in the nation for car theft, or that there was a significant spike in crime for 2020. A mayoral candidate asserts that Erie is a place where “criminals break into your car, steal packages from your porch, and vandalize your property.” But is crime in Erie really […]