Chase Bakke
Candidate for Lanesboro City Council
1. Tell us about yourself.
My name is Chase Bakke and I have been a part of the Lanesboro community for majority of my life. I grew up on a family farm outside of Lanesboro and I graduated from Lanesboro High School. Currently my wife Kirsten and I own a home in Lanesboro. I am a volunteer fire fighter for Lanesboro Fire Department and I was the on the Buffalo Bill Days committee for eight years. In 2017 I was selected to represent Lanesboro at the Blandin Leadership Foundation Program. For the past 3.5 years I’ve proudly served Lanesboro as a city council member.
2. Why are you running for office?
Lanesboro is a thriving small community that is very diverse in what we can identify as. We have a great school, the river and the bike trail, a tourism industry that is regionally known, a wonderful arts community and we have the ag community that helped build Lanesboro. I would like to help continue the growth and prosperity of all of those because that’s what makes Lanesboro such a unique and wonderful place to live. By being a council member, it gives me an opportunity to give back to my community that I am proud to say I’m from.
3. What do you hope to accomplish if you get elected?
As my first term as a council member is coming to an end, I’m proud to look back at what has been accomplished. Being a part of the construction of the new dam. Constructing the new waste water treatment facility. Navigating the fluidity of COVID-19 and doing what we thought was best for the community. The construction of the street project in the downtown area. All of this has helped better the Lanesboro community and I would like to keep that momentum going into my next term. I would keep focusing on the sustainability of Lanesboro and our infrastructure.