Carol Duncan
Carol Brown Duncan, formerly Carol Reynolds (born c. 1952 in Birmingham) is coordinator for the Cahaba Pump Station museum of the Birmingham Water Works and represents District 2 in the Birmingham City Council.
Duncan is the daughter of a registered nurse and a United Steel Workers union organizer. She spent 15 years in retail management before joining the Water Works in 1987. She was first elected to the City Council in 2001, and re-elected in 2005. She serves as Chair of the Transportation and Communication Committee and is a member of the Economic Development committee and the Planning and Zoning committee. She is running for re-election in the 2009 election.
On the Council, Duncan supported commercial redevelopment in the Eastwood area, including incentives for the building of a Publix Supermarket and a new retail center anchored by Wal-Mart on the site of Eastwood Mall. She participated in generating public input for the city's Crestwood-Oporto District Redevelopment Plan.
Duncan has also served as a member of the Birmingham International Airport Board of Directors, with Airport Neighbors United, the Metropolitan Planning Organization, Birmingham Planning Commission, Regional Planning Commission and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
In March 2007, she married Ken Duncan, a retired juvenile justice worker. Prior to that, she was known as Carol Reynolds.
In her 2009 campaign Duncan pledges to support In-Town Transit Partnership, the hiring of local workers for the expansion of the BJCC, and to oppose completion of the Northern Beltline.
References
- Bryant, Joseph D. (March 13, 2007) "Councilwoman marries, changes her name." Birmingham News
- "Birmingham City Council elections: District 2 candidate Carol Reynolds Duncan." (August 12, 2009) Birmingham News
External links
- Duncan's council bio at informationbirmingham.com