Wallace To Give Coeur D’Alene Council Race One Final Whirl Proclaiming, ‘This Is The Limit,’ She Says Reviving Downtown Will Be Top Priority

Veteran City Councilwoman Nancy Sue Wallace has announced she will run for a final term this fall.

“Coeur d’Alene will face many challenges in the coming years, and I want to be part of the team that takes Coeur d’Alene into the next century,” Wallace said, adding, “I believe in my own term limits and this is the limit.”

Wallace, well-known as a civic volunteer, was first appointed to the council in 1991. She ran for office in 1991 and again in 1993.

She cites her involvement with a broad spectrum of the community through volunteer work as one of her strengths.

Reviving downtown Coeur d’Alene tops Wallace’s list of concerns. She is co-chair of the Lake City Coalition, which is working with a consultant to develop a plan to help retail businesses.

That plan also will help other parts of Coeur d’Alene, including Midtown, she said.

Wallace also hopes to help start an “Adopt-a-Median” program to dress up city streets. “We need to look beyond the fundamentals the next four years,” she said.

“I think we need to work on our community pride.” For example, Wallace would like to see more projects such as the Fort Sherman playground, which was organized by the Kiwanis and didn’t cost tax dollars.

As for her accomplishments on the council, Wallace lists keeping taxes low while maintaining or expanding city services. But, “the council works as a group,” she said. “I don’t think one person can take the credit for keeping taxes down, paving a street or starting an arts commission.”

Wallace graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in political science. She and her husband, Coeur d’Alene attorney Marc Wallace, have two children.

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