BORN/RAISED
Barb is a native of Minneapolis, MN. After graduating from Salem High and attending Oregon State College for three years, she left to marry Roy Ledbury and begin life on his family farm in Damascus, OR.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree and teaching credential – Sacramento State College

EXPERIENCE
Teacher, Galt High School
School Food Service Supervisor, Fairfax, VA.
Oregon Department of Education
Food Service Director, Parkrose School District in Portland for 22 years.
Owner/Investor, Real Estate Development and General Contracting Corporation

CIVIC/COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

• NAMI (National Alliance for Mentally Ill), Co-founder. Barb planned and implemented an extensive and successful lobbying effort. This included the establishment of a legislative and Governor’s taskforce resulting in many state law and regulation changes related to the needs of persons with schizophrenia. As a non-profit corporation chairman, she coordinated pilot projects for affordable housing – primarily semi-independent living with support services. The first one needed approvals and funding from 17 agencies and groups including legislative changes.
• Damascus Community Planning Organization, Chair
• Damascus Pioneer Cemetery, Historian

Since January 2002, Barb has served on numerous groups and committees to pursue incorporation of Damascus:

• Conversation with Damascus/Boring
• Committee for the Future of Damascus
• Committee to Incorporate Damascus
• Damascus Firehouse Study Group
• Advisory Committee for the Damascus Boring Concept Plan
• City Councilor of Damascus, Oregon

VISION

My life as a farmer’s wife on a Century Farm has given me a deep appreciation for the history of the Damascus area. I would like to help preserve the quality of life of community residents in their attempt to meet urban expansion requirements.

I would like to see Damascus develop pedestrian-friendly villages while retaining rural character that allows farms but does not force them. Included in this vision are a variety of sustainable living-wage jobs close to a range of housing types and community activities.

I believe that incentives for the incorporation of desirable green building practices, green streets, and alternative energy-efficient environmentally friendly development would help encourage their inclusion. Most importantly: open communication is a must, as is flexibility.