Born in Florida, raised in Atlanta, Barbara Field has spent most of her life in Westen North Carolina and Asheville. A professional architect, she is married with three grown children. She lives with her husband, Chris, in downtown Asheville.
Barbara has served for almost ten years on Asheville City Council. Elected in 1991, 1993, 1995, for 2 year terms, she was elected in 1997 for a four year term and fourth consecutive term. From 1995-1997, she served as Asheville's Vice Mayor. While on City Council, Barbara has led a dynamic process that brought disadvantaged neighborhoods together to understand the causes of poverty and neighborhood decay so that solutions to these problems could be implemented. She has brought about a minimum housing code ensuring safe, decent housing for many who had gone without. She has formulated a participatory process for a major inner city highway corridor, which involved all special interest groups early on in the planning process, resulting in an environmentally sound and sensible pathway decision.
She serves on numerous local, regional, and national boards and commissions.
LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE
North Carolina
League of Municipalities
Board
of Directors 1998- 1999
Community
and Economic Development Committee, 1993-97
Vice
Chairman, 1995-97
Smart Growth
Task Force 2000
National League
of Cities
Energy,
Environment, and Natural Resources Committee Member, 1995-present
North Carolina
Association of Resort Towns and Convention Cities
Board
of Directors, 1998-present
North Carolina
Building Code Council
Ad
Hoc Committee on Existing Buildings, 1991-94
Asheville HOME
Regional Housing Consortium
Buncombe,
Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania Counties Chairman, 1991-present
Regional Civic
Connectivity Commission
Buncombe,
Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania Counties
Chairman,
1998-1999
Asheville Urban
Area Transportation Advisory Committee
Chairman
1991-97
Asheville Downtown
Commission
1990-present
Asheville City
Development Commission
1996-1998
Asheville Unified
Development Ordinance
Mayor's
Committee, 1992-97
Asheville Housing
and Community Development Committee
1994-present
Chairman,
1998-present
Asheville-Buncombe
Metropolitan Sewage District Board
City
Council Liaison, 1993-95
Board
of Directors, 1997-present
Asheville
Minority Business Commission
1990-95
City
Council Liaison, 1993-95
Buncombe County
Tourism Development Authority
Board
of Directors, 1992-present
Buncombe County
Environment Affairs Board
1992-present
Buncombe County
Solid Waste Committee
1992-present
Democratic Men's
Club of Buncombe County
Board
of Directors, 1995-97
Asheville-Buncombe
Crimestoppers, Inc.
1993-95
Asheville
Area Arts Council Board of Directors
1991-present
Pack Place Board
of Directors
City
Council Liaison, Appointed, 1991-95
Grove Arcade
Public Market Foundation, Board of Directors
1992-93
Light Up Your
Holidays, Board of Directors
City
Council Liaison, Appointed, 1992-94
South Pack Square
Redevelopment Association
1990-94
Asheville City
Schools
Teacher
of the Year Selection Committee, 1993 &1994
Asheville Downtown
Association
Board
of Directors, 1987-1997
Vice-President,
1991
Issues
Committee Chairman, 1989-91
Publications
Board, 1988-95
Development
Committee, 1990-94
HandMade In America
Steering
Committee, 1993-95
Board
of Directors, 1995-98
Community
Development Committee, Chairman, 1995-98
Sister Cities
of Asheville
Board
of Directors, 1994-present
U.S. General
Services Administration
Federal
Building, Asheville, NC
Art
In Architecture Panel Member, 1992
American
Institute of Architects
North
Carolina Chapter, 1980-present
Board
of Directors, 1990-92
PAC
Board of Directors, 1993-present Secretary,
1994
AIA
Asheville, 1980-present
President,
1989
Vice-President/
President Elect, 1988
Secretary/Treasurer,
1982
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
North Carolina
Board of Architecture
Certificate
Number 3382
Georgia State
Board for Examination, Qualification, and Registration of Architects
Certificate
Number 1970
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute
of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Bachelor
of Architecture, December 1965
University of
Miami
Miami, Florida, 1958-59
Institute for
Political Leadership
UNC-Wilmington,
Fall 1999, Fellow
VOTE BARBARA FIELD FOR THE
ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
33 Haywood Street • Asheville, North Carolina 28801
828.236.1998 • fax: 828.236.1419
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