FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Claus Andrup In Bid For Maple Ridge Council
MAPLE RIDGE,
British Columbia, (September 2, 2011)
– Claus Andrup announced today that in November he will make his first bid to
be elected to council in the District Of Maple Ridge.
A resident of
Maple Ridge since 1994, he has for a long time been engaged with the community
and the District through a number of volunteer positions, notably the Maple
Ridge Historical Society, the Community Heritage Commission and the Economic
Advisory Commission.
Claus is married
to Deborah. Their daughter Olivia is pursuing a film acting career and studies
languages and theatre at the University of British Columbia. Eldest daughter,
Georgina Kirsten Andrup lives in England and is mother to the most recent
addition to the family, Spencer Ernest Derbyshire.
During the spring
of 2004 Claus worked as the project committee representative with a diverse and
dedicated group of participants from all over Maple Ridge on the Smart Growth
On the Ground initiative. The project aimed at establishing the ground rules
for taking the downtown centre towards 2021.
Claus says: ”I
have the profound sense today that Maple Ridge is on the brink of achieving
many of its long held aspirations and, indeed, reaching those ‘greater heights’
it has set its sights on.” He adds: “I would be honoured to play some small
role, assisting with the process and participating in the many decisions that
will come before council over the next three years.
In 2010 Claus
wrote the Radio Haney opinion column
for the Maple Ridge News.
He has spent three
decades establishing and working with publicly listed companies on the Toronto
Stock Exchange in the natural resource and utilities sector, and is a founding
director of a new Vancouver-based property developer with interests in
California.
He is keen to
promote the continued revitalization of the downtown core and is a proponent
for densification and increased business, and cultural and leisure activity in
downtown area. Maintaining and protecting the current urban boundary is his
central platform.
At 62 Claus
continues to play soccer in the BC Old Timers soccer league and still pursues
his lifelong passion of long board surfing.
Voters can meet
Claus at an open house on September 24th at the St. Andrews Heritage
Church on 116th Ave, located just off the Haney Bypass.
Maple Ridge
resident Ian McLeod has agreed to act as Mr. Andrup’s financial agent.
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