We pulled out some of Trevor's old campaign literature and notes from 2011 when he first ran for Mayor. By that time he had served on Council and was finishing his term as the Clerk-Treasurer (Fiscal Officer). Both roles were a baptism by fire in many ways. Decade upon decade of dysfunction, decay, and decline had piled up on the village. It was at a moment of reckoning that no "tweak" was going to fix. It needed an overhaul. It was do or die time for Newburgh Heights.
The lit outlined a vision for the future of Newburgh Heights. Programs he would implement, economic development projects he would pursue, departmental reforms, and problems he would address.
For some residents at the time, given the village's long history of scraping by and the always precarious financial condition, the vision seemed like pie-in-the-sky dreaming. He didn't let that deter him though.
The village was at a moment of either changing course or giving up and recognizing it would be in a perpetual state of slow decay as a community. There was no way Trevor was going to let that happen.
Throughout the next ten years he set out to tackle the tough and in some cases, ongoing challenges.
Below, we've outlined what the condition was then and the original plan for tackling the most significant issues. The plan had to be bold, and it was for Newburgh Heights, at the time.