Leanne Koehn for Maple Ridge City Council
"I am running for people who think you have to become someone else to be a politician."
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.
Leanne has organized the city's Earth Day festival for fifteen years running, founded Maple Ridge's Repair Cafes, and turned their grandfather's century-old Hammond home into an award-winning model of heritage and green building. That work has earned her recognition from the province, the City, and most recently the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Leanne has spent years on the inside of how this city runs, as the City's first Environmental Advisory Committee chair, on the Public Art Steering Committee, and as Community Engagement Manager at Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, a job that meant staying neutral no matter who residents voted in, because the work had to get done either way.
"I'm committed to making Maple Ridge better for its residents, and I believe the best solutions come from listening to every voice."
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.
Leanne's 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!