Vote Tina McBride
for
Planning Board
"As a professional planner, former Planning Board chairperson, and current Permanent Building Committee member, I find it encouraging that the Planning Board is having a competitive race for two seats.
I strongly encourage you to consider Tina McBride for the Lexington Planning Board. Tina has worked on zoning and regulatory issues in Lexington for 10 years and brings a fresh new perspective to the land use, zoning and development opportunities facing the citizens of Lexington."
- Fred Merrill, FAICP
"For the last ten years, I have observed Tina’s work as a Town Meeting Member and on zoning/planning issues. Tina is gifted with the trifecta needed for this demanding Board position:
1) She understands Lexington’s zoning history and has a sustainable and inclusive vision for its future;
2) She prepares fully before making decisions and monitors successes in other communities;
3) She views listening to others as one of the major responsibilities of representing her constituents."
- Elizabeth DeMille Barnett, professional planner, AICP, recipient of Massachusetts Housing Partnership’s Housing Hero Award in 2018
How to help Tina get elected:
Make a plan to Vote!
Encourage friends and neighbors to vote!
Hold signs for Tina and fellow candidate for Planning Board Lin Jensen:
On Election Day Tue 3/5/2024 7am-8pm
Thank you!! It is time for new talents to better our beloved town!
Vote on Tuesday 3/5/2024
Polls are open 7am-8pm
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVoteMA/TrackMyBallot
Come join us, hold signs and encourage voters on March 5th!
Coffees and forums Tina will attend:
See LexMediea recording on Youtube of the candidate forum hosted by iGIG, in partnership with IAL, ELCA, CALex, JPLex and Lexington Lyceum Advocates.
Thu. 2/15 7pm LWV candidate forum at Clark Middle School
Sat. 2/17 3pm Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 732 8899 3818, Passcode: 8hRnCc)
Fri. 2/23 3pm Interview with Jim Shaw at LexMedia
Sat. 2/24 9am Early voting! Join us at Cary Hall
If elected;
Some of the things I would like to help accomplish through regulation include:
Facilitate safe, senior friendly developments in commercial corridors around town that can tie into public transportation
Meet and exceed our expressed sustainability goals
Facilitate more affordable and work-force housing that is healthy, clean and pleasant for those who live there
Listen carefully to neighbors concerns while encouraging smart sustainable development
Enable economic growth and development to reduce the need for cars by promoting mixed-use
Encourage the development of smaller units
Encourage age specific developments to provide more opportunities for seniors to stay in their community
The Comprehensive Plan is the map that guides the actions of the Planning Board - the stated wishes of what Lexingtonians want from planning decisions.
Bio
I was born and raised in Lexington, left after my LHS graduation and returned in 2000 after an eighteen year absence to raise my own family.
I love Lexington and have come full circle, growing up on the edge of the Great Meadow, spending many hours of my youth there and now raising my children at the edge of the Land Locked Forest.
I consider planning for the future of Lexington as vitally important - looking at development with a wide lens including sustainability, quality of life and pursuing the desires and expectations of Lexington residents as stated in the Comprehensive Plan.
We need to be thoughtful, creative and thorough in writing bylaws that positively affect all of us for the long-term.
Relevant Experience
Parent - Three children through Lexington Public Schools
Lexington Town Meeting Member Precinct 7 since 2018
Regularly attending Planning Board meetings since 2013
Town of Lexington Bedford/Hartwell 25% Design Working Group
Clean Heat Alliance volunteer
LexCan/GWAC member - Lexington Climate Action Network/Global Warming Action Committee
LPS Green Teams cofounder
Lexington ZeroWaste Collaborative Board Member
Advocacy work on multiple articles regarding waste reduction, zoning and preservation since 2013
Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL) member
REACH, Mass Movement Inc. Board Member, since 2005
Co-Founder LPS Food Share Program 2023
Co-Founder LPS Food Rescue Program 2020
Co-Founder LHS Composting Program 2019
Co-Founder Diamond Composting Program 2018
Turning Mill Neighborhood Conservation District (TM-NCD) co-author 2018 and currently serves as one of its commissioners
Proposed Demolition Delay Extension Citizen's Article 2015 - a similar article was passed in 2023 by another citizens group
LHS PTO Volunteer since 2012
Diamond PTA Volunteer since 2015
Estabrook PTA Volunteer 2004-2017
Estabrook Estafest Cafe Fundraiser, Co-Director 2005-2017
Estabrook Family Friends Coordinator & Host
Holy Name, First grade Primary Teacher, NY, NY
Belk Mignogna Graphic Design, Associate, NY, NY
Boston Initiative for Young CinEmatic Performers (BIYCEP) 501c3 (Founder, Director, Instructor & Editor - South Bronx & Harlem NY, Detroit MI, Mattapan MA)
Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch (Coordinator)
Education
Columbia University, BA in Anthropology
Lexington High School
I am passionate about making positive changes in my hometown.
My goal is to carefully assess all proposals, listen to constituents, and, using the Comprehensive Plan, work with my colleagues and the Planning Staff to realize a thriving, sustainable, equitable and welcoming community that we are all proud to call home.
