Dear Fellow Citizens,

Thank you, my friends, colleagues, and family members. For those of you who worked with and helped me during this election process, I am honored by your support and friendship. I will work hard to live up to your ideals. I hope to play an important role in moving the community of Trotwood forward, but I can get nowhere without your involvement, your backing, and your commitment.

Most of all, I thank all Trotwoodians – not just for electing me your mayor but for showing me what community really means. This is the enduring lesson that I have learned from you: that in Trotwood we are one.

I have always cherished the motto that is on the great seal of the United States – “E Pluribus Unum”, which as you know means “from many, one”. It is out of our diverse backgrounds and our common values that we the people of Trotwood will find our way in a challenging future. In politics it has become increasingly common to focus on where we disagree, to divide ourselves into warring camps, and to fight amongst ourselves on the sidelines while important public business languishes. I began my campaign with the conviction that it was far better to focus on larger and more important areas where we are in agreement, and which provide a foundation for moving forward. These are:
• We love our children
• We honor our senior citizens
• We want good jobs and homes we can afford
• We value our environment
• We want a government that will work with us, not impede us; a government that embodies the best of who we are

Throughout my campaign, I was humbled by the honesty, insight, and commitment of Trotwood residents from all walks of life. You have given me great hope and strengthened my determination as I have served you as mayor. I have learned that we share a passion for keeping Trotwood livable, healthy, and strong. This same passion extends to City Hall, where there is a wealth of expertise, experience, and creative ideas regularly coming from a truly caring staff.

While we are in a good place now, we are also a city undergoing transformation. Over the next few years, we must make many critical, long-term decisions that will affect the quality of life for all of us. The good news is that we have the will, the ideas, and the core resources to make good decisions and implement wise, sustainable plans.

The actions we will be pursuing together over the next 100 days are part of an initiative I’m calling “One Trotwood”. We will be collaborating on this plan over the coming months to act as a blueprint for how we shape our future as a community. Please be ready for future announcements regarding this initiative.

In closing, I would ask you to consider this: if future generations are to look back favorably on how we managed Trotwood’s affairs, one thing is absolutely clear. We will need to work together as a whole community. Major issues cannot move forward with people pulling in different directions. Bringing the broadest possible spectrum of our community together to the table to address our critical decisions is the only formula for success. To do otherwise would squander these precious opportunities we have been presented. I am committed to maintaining a dialog of civility and giving a fair hearing to the ideas presented by others. I have been faithful to that standard during my tenure as your mayor, and I will continue to be so during my new term. We are “One Trotwood”. I humbly ask you, my fellow citizens, to join me in moving us toward our best future.

Joyce s. Cameron, Mayor
City of Trotwood

For more information please contact Clerk of Council Lois Singleton at (937) 854-7212 or lsingleton@trotwood.org.