Leanne Koehn for Council 

Born and raised here. A lifetime spent building community, one project at a time.

Leanne Koehn does the kind of work that doesn't always get noticed. The kind that takes years, not headlines.

Born and raised in Maple Ridge, she's spent her life building the community she wants to live in.

Fifteen years of organizing the city's Earth Day festival. Founding Maple Ridge's Repair Cafes. Restoring her grandfather's century-old Hammond home into an award-winning model of heritage and green building.

She's the person who shows up every year, who starts things because nobody else has, who fixes what's broken instead of throwing it away.

"I am running for people who think you have to become someone else to be a politician."

That's shaped a simple focus: Make sure everyone has a real seat at the table.

On Council, that means:

• Building a more inclusive Maple Ridge, where voices that don't always get heard, do
• Championing arts, culture, and heritage as things that connect us, not extras we can do without
• Growing a city that works for people and the planet, together

For Leanne, the work is simple.

Show up. Build something. Keep going.

Leanne is running for the voices that don't always get a seat at the table: the people who are tentative, unsure, or feel unsupported. She believes Maple Ridge is strongest when everyone is genuinely heard, and that kindness isn't a soft value, it's the foundation of a strong community.

Her focus is to make sure Maple Ridge grows into a place where everyone can find their place in it.

A Better Maple Ridge is a team of neighbours from across this community who believe local government works best when it stays focused on local solutions.

We're building something here, and there's a place in it for you!