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WILLIAMS
Hometown real estate agent Nancy Williams is seeking election to Dublin City Council, Place 2, running against incumbent city council member Orion Gallagher.
Williams said she had town members contact her and ask her to run, and feels like she has the time to devote to the position and it’s time to give back to the community.
Williams comes from a very large family with deep roots in Dublin with her mother being a Welch and her father as a Vanderpool. She is a 1985 Dublin High School graduate.
She said growing up, they had Sunday lunch at her grandmother’s after church where she learned many life skills at these gatherings, from family values and traditions to communication skills, compromise and working together.
“I have used these skills throughout my life and believe they will be very beneficial when serving you on the Dublin City Council,” she said. Willliams has been a real estate agent 4.5 years with a background in sales and marketing. Between Nancy and her husband, Danny, they have five sons together in a blended family. They also have two grandsons and two granddaughters.
One thing Williams said she would like to see accomplished if she is elected is to see all of the different organizations working better together to accomplish the same goals.
“We ultimately all have the same goal which is the betterment of Dublin,” she said. “I think if we can have communication and everyone working toward the same goal together we can achieve our goals.”
Building bridges between organizations is one of the reasons, William said, she is on the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as a newly elected vice president.
Since Williams is a hometown lady, she said she loves the small town feel of Dublin with kids being able to still ride their bikes through town and stay safe.
“Everyone knows each other and is watching over them to keep them safe,” she said. “You just have that hometown feeling that you don’t get other places. We aren’t going to pull up our roots. We love Dublin, we cannot imagine making our home anywhere else.”
When asked if there was anything she would change about the city, she said if more people were attending city council meetings and expressing any concerns or ideas they might have, then it might open different doors.
“I would like to see more community involvement,” she said. “It’s hard ... all of those positions people are giving their time for, and I think without a voice from the community expressing what their concerns are, what they’re wanting ... it takes a village, all of us working together.”
Williams said if she has one goal if elected to council it would be for everyone to listen to each other and to compromise for the greater good.
“The City Council works for the citizens of Dublin. I would like to find ways to unite our community, promote and help build our local businesses,” she said.
Currently, Williams not only serves as the Dublin Chamber of Commerce’s Vice President she also volunteers with the Rylan Strong Network.