Our Best Days Are Ahead
Stronger Neighborhoods
Joe wants to give neighborhoods and community organizations more tools to turn their ideas into action, tackle neglected properties, attract investment, and build meaningful partnerships with the City.
Joe has already delivered results for stronger neighborhoods in his years as a volunteer. He has helped bring new community programs and resiliency projects to Phoebus, including securing grant funding for the Phoebus Small Area Plan, a major update to the community’s 2006 Master Plan, completed without using any Hampton taxpayer dollars. This work led Virginia Main Street to name him the 2026 Local Leader of the Year statewide.
A More Business-Friendly Hampton
Joe understands we need to make Hampton one of the easiest places in Virginia to start, grow, and invest in a business. That means taking a fresh look at outdated rules and processes, cutting unnecessary red tape, addressing vacant commercial properties effectively, and actively recruiting the businesses our residents want and need.
More Arts, Culture & Placemaking
Hampton has so much creative talent that wants to contribute to this city. Joe supports citizen-led initiatives to bring more art and culture into our neighborhoods. He also wants welcoming public spaces where our citizens can gather, connect, and spend time without having to spend money.
A great city doesn’t just build things for people, they build them with people. Joe wants City Hall to make it easier for residents, artists, businesses, and community groups to build great places from the bottom up.
Affordability & Responsible Government
Longtime Hampton residents should be able to afford to stay in the communities they helped build, and young families shouldn't feel like they need to move away to have a chance at a great life. As the cost of everyday needs continues to strain household budgets, local government should do what it can to make peoples’ lives better.
We also have to invest taxpayer money wisely, particularly in roads, drainage, and other basics that keep our neighborhoods safe and accessible.
If you’ve ever talked to Joe for more than five minutes, you probably know how much he loves Hampton: its history, its neighborhoods, its people, and all the little things that make this city unlike anywhere else.
We are Crabtown.
That spirit was built by people who cared about this place, rolled up their sleeves, and didn’t sit around waiting for permission to make something happen. Joe wants to cultivate that same spirit across Hampton.
Because Joe believes in innovation in government: listening harder, thinking bigger, and making it easier for good ideas to become reality. He believes in the courage to try a better way when the old way isn't working.
Hampton has never lacked potential. It’s time to have the imagination to match it.