Candidate for Chair of the Tuscaloosa City School Board
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Friends of Lee Garrison
P.O. Lee Garrison was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Box 2663
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
*To donate through PayPal send to [email protected] on the PayPal menu He currently resides in a downtown Tuscaloosa historic district neighborhood. Before graduating from the University of Alabama in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration, he actively led the effort to return the Student Government Association to the Universi
ty, was elected Interfraternity Council President and was elected to his first term on the Tuscaloosa City Council. Lee won his second term on the City Council with no opposition in 2001. In August of 2009, Lee was re-elected to his 4th term on the City Council with no opposition. He is currently Vice President of Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc., formerly Duckworth Morris Insurance and has been with the company for over 16 years. Lee currently serves as Chairman of the City Council Finance Committee. During Lee’s terms as Chairman of the Finance Committee, the city bond rating has been upgraded multiple times. The City of Tuscaloosa has one of the highest bond ratings in the State of Alabama. Lee is very civically engaged. He currently serves as a member of the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission Board of Directors and member of the Black Warrior Council Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors. Lee previously served on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross of West Alabama, Board of Directors for the Jemison Van de Graff Mansion, Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama (former Chairman), Advisory Board for the Dr. John L. Blackburn Institute at the University of Alabama, Chairman of the Tuscaloosa Riverfront Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee, and Vice-Chairman of the Ol’ Colony Golf Complex Board of Directors. In March 2007, Lee became the proud father of Michael Lee Garrison. Lee is married to the former Misty McGough of Jasper, Alabama and they are expecting a baby girl in the coming weeks. The Garrisons are members of Church of the Highlands where Lee serves on the Dream Team as an Usher. Lee has also been an active leader on the following initiatives and projects:
Annette Shelby Park
Award winning University of Alabama Neighborhood Area Master Plan
City of Tuscaloosa’s Recycling Program
Creation of the municipal Historic Preservation Commission
Downtown Tuscaloosa Urban Renewal Project
Fire Station #2 Construction (Serves the District #4 area)
Forest Lake Neighborhood Master Plan
Monnish Park Renovation Project
Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Ol’ Colony Golf Complex
Paul W. Bryant Drive Streetscape
Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum
Tuscaloosa City School System construction program (school buildings/additions)
Tuscaloosa Public Library Renovation
Tuscaloosa Riverwalk Project
Tuscaloosa Trolley System
University “Strip” Streetscape
Numerous Citywide Park, Drainage, and Road Improvements
90% of District #4 roads resurfaced and multiple traffic calming projects
Tuscaloosa City Schools Pre-K Program
Historic District Signage Project
Tuscaloosa River Market
Tuscaloosa Police Substation on the “Strip”
Active in industrial and commercial recruitment