kimberly baioni candidate questionnaire
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The News-Herald
Candidate Questionnaire
Date Completed: 09/16/2013
Office Sought: Euclid City Council - Ward 4
Political Party: Democrat
Name: Kimberly A. Baioni
Age: 35 Date of Birth: 09/22/1977 Place of Birth: Massachusetts
Home address: 19431 Naumann Avenue Euclid, OH 44119
Length of residence in community: 25 years
Facebook: www.facebook.com/baioniforeuclid
Occupation: Lawyer
Employer: Self-employed; The Law Office of Kim Baioni
Business Address: 1497 E. 361st
Street, Suite #3 Eastlake, OH 44095
Elected Office Experience: This would be my first governmental elected office experience.
Non-elected office Experience: President of the Lake Breeze Neighborhood Association
Member of the Euclid Housing Task Force
Education: B.A. Psychology/Criminology - Cleveland State University
J.D. Law - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University
Marital Status: Married for almost 12 years to my H.S. sweetheart, David
Children: One daughter, Victoria, who is 8 years old.
Organizations: Parishioner, St. John of the Cross Catholic Church - Euclid
Childrens Liturgy Minister at St. John of the Cross
Girl Scout Co-Leader for Brownie Troop 70466
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Member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Lake County Bar
Association, Akron Bar Association, and Ohio State Bar Association
Aforementioned - Euclid Housing Task Force and Lake Breeze Neighborhood
Association President
Three areas of change:
1. I believe that one of the most pressing concerns the City faces is the number of vacant
homes due to the housing crisis that began in 2007. Previously, I have worked for the Cuyahoga
Land Bank, which has been at the forefront of coming up with novel solutions to the challenging
problems our communities are facing in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. In addition, through
my work with the Euclid Housing Task Force, I am more than prepared to continue to tackle the
problem of vacant and abandoned properties from a City Council position - through education,
research and aggressive marketing of all of the fine attributes that our City possesses.
2. Simultaneously, I want to specifically target our affordable housing to a new
generation of professionals and graduate students. Graduate students and young professionals
are looking for places rich in diversity and history in which to live and work. I have seen many
buy homes in several different urban/inner-ring suburban communities over the years; they are
attracted by access to public transportation, cultural diversity, a real neighborhood feel and
non-chain restaurants and shops. All of which Euclid can happily provide - along with access to
beautiful parks and lakefront areas. I want to ensure that Euclids riches are highlighted when
they begin to look around to buy that first home.
3. There has been a lot of positive change in our downtown over the past several years. I
would like to use those infrastructure and cosmetic changes, as well as my connections with the
Greater Cleveland graduate community, neighborhood development corporations and non-
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profits, to spur small business development in our area. Many graduates are not looking to fit
into the molds of the past, and many want to branch out on their own. Euclid possesses all of
the services that a young entrepreneur needs, as well as a great location (10 minutes to
downtown, access to public transportation), and affordable commercial and industrial space. I
look forward to championing our City and attracting new young business professionals.
Why should Voters elect me?
Voters should elect me primarily because I care passionately about the future of this City.
I am a proud Euclid graduate (class of 95) and this is the community in which my husband and I
have chosen to stay, buy a home and raise our family.
Second, they should elect me because I have the qualifications, experience, skills and
contacts to follow-through on the goals that I have set. I have past experience in the City of
Euclids law department, where I learned many things, not the least of which is what is necessary
for effective city legislation, experience with City labor/union issues, and negotiation of City
contracts. Also, as a former associate with the Urban Development Law Clinic at Cleveland-
Marshall College of Law I discovered the change that is possible with partnerships between local
government, neighborhood development corporations and non-profits. My time at the Cuyahoga
Land Bank was also spent fruitfully, making several beneficial contacts and learning about what
works and what doesnt when the primary goal as an organization is to raise area property values
and recover from a nationally-crippling housing crisis.
Finally, I have been an active member of my community - through my Church, as
President of my neighborhood association and as a member of the Euclid Housing Task Force.
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I look forward to serving my fellow neighbors and residents professionally, responsibly
and with the best interests of Ward 4 residents and the City as a whole. Thank you.
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