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[[Image:buol.png|left|thumb|150px|Roy D. Buol]]Buol, Roy D. (Dubuque, IA-- ) [[MAYOR]]. | [[Image:buol.png|left|thumb|150px|Roy D. Buol]]Buol, Roy D. (Dubuque, IA-- ) [[MAYOR]]. Buol holds a bachelor of business administration degree with a double major in business and marketing from the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] where he also completed graduate coursework toward a master of arts in communication. He later enrolled in the National League of Cities Certificate of Achievement in Leadership Program. | ||
A 30-year retired employee of [[JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS]], Buol began serving as the Director of the Landscaping and Grounds Department at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] in 2002. | |||
He was elected as Second Ward Representative to the City Council in 1995, was re-elected in 1999 and again in 2003. During his tenure as a member of the City Council, Buol served on the City’s Long Range Planning Advisory Commission; the Community-Based Task Force on Gangs, Drugs and Youth Violence; the Dubuque Racing Association Board; the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce Board; the Dubuque Initiatives Board; the Greater Dubuque Development Board and Executive Committee; as Past Chair of GDDC’s River Valley Initiative Foundation; Chair, Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Committee; and Chair of the City’s 175th Anniversary Planning Committee. | |||
Buol was elected to his first term as Mayor of Dubuque in November 2005. Especially in the area of sustainability, Mayor Buol has received national attention. In 2008 he was profiled on the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) website’s “Faces in Sustainability” which featured for Dubuque’s work on the Warehouse District Revitalization. (1) Dubuque’s community-wide sustainability efforts and Mayor Buol were honored in the 2011 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, an initiative sponsored by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Walmart. Buol and Dubuque received honorable | Buol was elected to his first term as Mayor of Dubuque in November 2005. Especially in the area of sustainability, Mayor Buol has received national attention. In 2008 he was profiled on the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) website’s “Faces in Sustainability” which featured for Dubuque’s work on the Warehouse District Revitalization. (1) Dubuque’s community-wide sustainability efforts and Mayor Buol were honored in the 2011 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, an initiative sponsored by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Walmart. Buol and Dubuque received honorable | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 2 January 2015
Buol, Roy D. (Dubuque, IA-- ) MAYOR. Buol holds a bachelor of business administration degree with a double major in business and marketing from the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE where he also completed graduate coursework toward a master of arts in communication. He later enrolled in the National League of Cities Certificate of Achievement in Leadership Program.
A 30-year retired employee of JOHN DEERE DUBUQUE WORKS, Buol began serving as the Director of the Landscaping and Grounds Department at the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE in 2002.
He was elected as Second Ward Representative to the City Council in 1995, was re-elected in 1999 and again in 2003. During his tenure as a member of the City Council, Buol served on the City’s Long Range Planning Advisory Commission; the Community-Based Task Force on Gangs, Drugs and Youth Violence; the Dubuque Racing Association Board; the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce Board; the Dubuque Initiatives Board; the Greater Dubuque Development Board and Executive Committee; as Past Chair of GDDC’s River Valley Initiative Foundation; Chair, Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Committee; and Chair of the City’s 175th Anniversary Planning Committee.
Buol was elected to his first term as Mayor of Dubuque in November 2005. Especially in the area of sustainability, Mayor Buol has received national attention. In 2008 he was profiled on the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) website’s “Faces in Sustainability” which featured for Dubuque’s work on the Warehouse District Revitalization. (1) Dubuque’s community-wide sustainability efforts and Mayor Buol were honored in the 2011 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, an initiative sponsored by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Walmart. Buol and Dubuque received honorable mention in the small city category (population under 100,000). (2) In 2013 he was profiled in a special supplement of the PA Times, a publication of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Of the eight individuals profiled in the publication, Buol was the only elected official. (3) In 2013 Mayors AC Wharton of Memphis, TN and Roy Buol of Dubuque, IA were selected by their peers as co-chairs to lead the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI), a mayoral-led effort to create a coordinated voice for the Mississippi River. MRCTI was comprised of 55 MISSISSIPPI RIVER mayors. In 2011 the Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-Iowa) selected Buol to receive the Chapter's Distinguished Leadership Award for a Planning Advocate. (4)
Locally Buol has also served on the United Way Budget Committee, is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose #355; Fraternal Order of Eagles; the DUBUQUE SHOOTING SOCIETY; the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; the Dubuque Museum of Art; and is a long-time supporter of the GRAND OPERA HOUSE and DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
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1. News Release. City of Dubuque. Online: http://www.cityofdubuque.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2420
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
