20.145 Hannah Shaffer ApplicationMayor of Northampton Mass. <mayor@northamptonma.gov>
Online Form Submittal: Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees and
Commissions
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To: mayor@northamptonma.gov
Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees and
Commissions
City of Northampton Application for Appointment to Boards, Committees, and
Commissions
Please return the completed form to: Mayor@northamptonma.gov or David J.
Narkewicz, Mayor 210 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
First Name Hannah
Last Name Shaffer
Title, if applicable Field not completed.
Address1 115 MILTON ST
Address2 Field not completed.
City FLORENCE
State MA
Zip 01062
Home Phone 4843433876
Work Phone Field not completed.
Cell Phone 4843433876
Occupation & Place of
Employment
Educational game designer
Email hannah.r.shaffer@gmail.com
Are you a Northampton
resident?
Yes
Years Lived in Northampton 10
Age 30 - 39
Sex Female, Non-Binary
Racial / Ethnic Background White
Boards and Committees Housing Partnership
Please list "other" board or
committee of interest
Field not completed.
What skills and experience
will you bring to this
committee assignment?
As a resident of Northampton of 10 years, I bring to the
committee an enthusiasm and love of my city. I have been
actively involved in the community throughout this time, including
founding the Owl and Raven community space, which ran for
four years as a low-cost co-working space and donation-based
gathering and events space in the Maplewood Shops on Conz
Street. Today, I am an educational tabletop game designer,
creating board games and story-based games that let people
come together to creatively envision systems that make a better
world.
I am also a longtime renter in Northampton. I am excited about
the possibility of joining the committee as a non-home owner and
believe this perspective could be useful and welcome in
strategizing about community housing needs and challenges.
Finally, as a person in my early 30s, I believe I represent a voice
of transition. Millennials represent unique and varying housing
needs and have faced many challenges, having graduated into a
recession and drastically changing economy. I would love to help
give voice to other local residents of my generation, many of
whom aspire to be homeowners and are trying to make a home
in the valley and seeking long-term stability in our lives.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Hannah Shaffer
Are you currently serving or
have you served on any city
committee?
No
Please list other city
committees you have served
on
Field not completed.
Required: Please read the following, by signing below you state that you
understand and agree.
The filing of this form does not guarantee my appointment. An application is kept
on file for two (2) years; after that I must file a new application. Being appointed to
a committee, board, or commission means that I am considered a Municipal
Employee under MGL Chapter 268A and thereby subject to Conflict of Interest
Law MGL Chapter 268A, Financial Disclosure Law MGL Chapter 268B, as well as