Valerie Joh, Candidate for Kingsport Board of Mayor and Alderman interview
Listen to the April 21 WJCW radio interview with Valerie Joh who is seeking re-election as Alderman on the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Alderman
In this interview, Valerie Joh discussed the Aquatic Center. She stated that Meadowview is the center of the population for all kids in Kingsport. Simply put, Valerie Joh wants the Aquatic Center located at Meadowview!!
A recent Kingsport Times-News article below gives additional information on Valerie Joh.
Joh, a six-year incumbent on the BMA, is the owner of Blue Ridge Properties of Kingsport. Joh said she knows her way around a budget and has a vested interest in Kingsport — three children and six grandchildren.
“I think our biggest challenge is to try and keep a positive outlook. We have got Kingsport on a roll, we’re looking positively at things that are going on, and I think we need to find a way to keep that atmosphere here,” Joh said. “In over 38 years of selling real estate, I have never once ran into a family who said I’m going to live here because your taxes are lower than Johnson City’s or Bristol’s. That’s not the biggest issue we deal with.
“I want to keep your property values high because that’s your biggest investment you make. To do that we have to keep Kingsport positive.”
When Joh ran for re-election four years ago, she said her main issue was downtown revitalization. This time around, she said Kingsport should work to develop more places to live and shop downtown and to do more to improve the Kingsport Public Library.
“It is behind the times when compared to the libraries of our sister cities,” Joh said.
