Why I'm Here
I chose Hastings. Here's why.
After 22 years in the Air Force, my family and I could have settled anywhere in Michigan. We chose Hastings — deliberately — because of the people, the schools, and the kind of community we wanted to raise our family in. That meant everything to us.
I grew up an hour from here in Alpine Township, Kent County — Kenowa Hills schools. This is home ground, not foreign territory.
Since we arrived, I've substituted and volunteered in local schools, joined the PTO, applied for the Township Board, and started a land services business here. I'm not passing through. I'm planting roots.
But good trustees don't just show up with their own agenda — they listen. I want to hear what matters to you. Knock on my door, stop me at the school, flag me down on the road. That's how this is supposed to work.