Cashmere Mayor grateful to continue progress for city

James "Jim" Fletcher said that he is grateful to have been elected to another term as Mayor of Cashmere in the Nov. 7, general election.  

"The voters really turned out, and they did their civic duty, they voted, given me, you know, their blessing to continue doing as mayor and trying to accomplish the things that I've started," he said.

Fletcher was appointed mayor by the city council in 2018 when the previous mayor, Jeff Gomes retired in the middle of his second term. Fletcher ran and was elected in 2019, so this will be his second term. 

Prior to his appointment in 2018, Fletcher had served on the city council for three terms.

In his new term, Fletcher hopes to continue working on the projects and plans he has helped to set in place. 

"Well, we started several things, which, of course, takes longer than you sometimes expect," he said. "We'd like to continue the process of trying to move the library into the Riverside Center, so we make better use of that particular building."

"We've got some challenges coming up with trying to fund road improvements and things we're gonna have to work hard to find a way of continuing to improve the town to keep things as robust as we can for the quality of Cashmere," he said. 

"We've got some plans for some playground improvements over at Riverside Park we want to get done," he said. "Working in efforts of some various volunteer groups that have recently been noted about the pumptrack and other things that volunteers have done for us. So just a lot of smaller little projects that are just making a difference."

Fletcher plans to stay in touch through community workshops later this winter to bring the community in to talk about different issues and listen to what is going on in the community and with residents. 

Quinn Propst: 509-731-3590 or quinn@ward.media