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NOVEMBER 14, 2019<br />
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COURTESY PHOTOS | STEVEN O’HARA<br />
Joe Amico ran unopposed and was re-elected to the School<br />
Committee. He received the highest vote count in the race with<br />
5,839 votes.<br />
Welton focusing<br />
on downtown<br />
revitalization<br />
WELTON<br />
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in Peabody,” Welton said. “I<br />
met so many wonderful people,<br />
including Tom (Walsh), who<br />
has done a great job as state rep,<br />
and I learned so much about the<br />
needs in the community.”<br />
Welton, 38, and his wife,<br />
Emily, a nurse, are graduates<br />
of St. Anselm College.<br />
They moved to Peabody from<br />
Marblehead a little more than<br />
nine years ago and have four<br />
children ranging in age from<br />
two to nine.<br />
Welton, who spends much of<br />
his spare time coaching his kids<br />
in youth sports, said Peabody is<br />
the perfect place to raise a family.<br />
“The big thing about Peabody<br />
is it has that homey, neighborhood-type<br />
feel, which I love,”<br />
he said. “Where I live, there are<br />
lots of young families with lots<br />
of kids who take so much pride<br />
in the neighborhood. Peabody is<br />
a great place to live and work.”<br />
The chief development officer<br />
for the Northeast Arc (a<br />
non-profit organization that<br />
helps people with disabilities<br />
become full participants in their<br />
communities), Welton served<br />
three years on the Peabody<br />
Conservation Commission before<br />
stepping down to run for<br />
City Council. Prior to the Arc,<br />
he spent 10 years as director of<br />
the Best Buddies program.<br />
Welton hopes to hit the<br />
ground running after being<br />
sworn into office Jan. 4.<br />
“I understand why people are<br />
concerned about taxes, but I feel<br />
our public services are very good<br />
and we get good bang for the<br />
buck,” he said. “We are fortunate<br />
to have one of the lowest tax rates<br />
on the North Shore and are lucky<br />
to have a large commercial base.<br />
But that rate is already nearly at<br />
its cap. We can’t go higher, but<br />
we can go wider and bring in new<br />
businesses, maybe to Centennial<br />
Park, to raise more revenue.<br />
Peabody is already very business<br />
friendly and you can never have<br />
enough revenue.”<br />
Welton said he is also committed<br />
to the continuing efforts<br />
to improve the downtown area.<br />
“The current administration<br />
has been very creative with the<br />
revitalization of the downtown<br />
area,” he said. “We have so many<br />
fun family activities that have<br />
really energized that area, and I<br />
would like to keep that going to<br />
bring more people and families<br />
into the city.”<br />
Once again, Tom Gould received the most number of votes the<br />
Councilor-at-Large race in Tuesday’s election. Gould topped<br />
the charts with 5,898 votes.<br />
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