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instrumental in bringing Franklin Pierce University to the community.
Mayor Cavanaugh has also been very active in Valley
transportation issues as a member of the MAG Transportation Policy Committee
and the National League of Cities Transportation Infrastructure &
Services Committee and is credited with leading a precedent-setting,
multi-city effort that achieved the four-year acceleration of the widening of
I-10 along an eight-mile stretch in the Southwest Valley.
He is also the State Chapter President of the National
Brownfields Association, which is dedicated to the remediation of properties
that have suffered previous contamination. The Mayor's concern for the
environment is also reflected in the City's participation in the U.S. Mayor's
Climate Protection Agreement.
Mayor Cavanaugh is also active in the Governor's
Commission on Military Affairs and in efforts to protect Luke Air Force Base.
He served in the United States Air Force for more than thirty years in
command, management, logistics, and missile operations positions, retiring in
the grade of Colonel.
In the non-public arena, Jim is a real estate broker
owning his own company, Cavanaugh Realty, LLC. He and his wife and business
partner, Linda, have six grown children and seven grandchildren.
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