Alex Muromcew (Independent)

PO Box 11897
Jackson, Wyoming 83002
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Alex Muromcew has lived in Teton County for almost 20 years and raised 4 children here. Alex is active in the community as a Teton County Planning Commissioner and as a ski patroller at Snow King Mountain. He has served on the boards of the Mountain Health Co-op, the Jackson Hole Land Trust, and Silicon Couloir. Alex remains very active in the Rocky Mountain West start-up scene.

Alex spent his early career in asset management most recently with financial services firm TIAA. He lived in Japan for three and a half yers and speaks Japanese. He has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford.

Alex Muromcew has been very engaged in his community. He has served on several for-profit, non-profit and government boards over his career. He knows how to work with people, how to listen, and how to get things done. His board service eoncompasses helath care, conservation, land use and development, and economic development. HIs private sector background gives him a unique skill set to bring to the Teton County Board of County Commissioners.

Alex Muromcew earned a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate of Business. Beyond, he is a quick learner.

Member of ELks Lodge #1713
Volunteer Ski Patroller, Snow King Mountain
County Planning Commissioner (Vice Chair), Teton County
Board Member emeritus, Mountain Health Co-op
Board Member emeritus, Jackson Hole Land Trust
Board Member emeritus, Silicon Couloir
Board Member, Language I/O (Cheyenne, WY)

I am running because I care deeply about this community, and I do not like the direction in which it is headed. I think I can bring new ideas to old problems, a new perspective on the community's challenges, and fresh energy. I wish to build upon my expertise as a County Planning Commissioner and put my ideas into action instead of just making recommendations to the County Commissioners. Our biggest challenge is balancing growth and conservation, and I am proud of my track record on the County Planning Commission. We are a community first and a resort second and we need to ensure the health and viability of our community going forward so that we do not become a hollow, generic mountain west resort community.

Affordable housing, traffic, water quality, infrastructure are all complex, difficult challenges and none are unique to Teton County; however I feel that for too long our electeds have shied away from confronting these problems head on and making difficult decisions. Time for a change.

1) Affordable Housing - All resort communities in the US are wrestling with this issue,and there is no silver bullet solution. Nevertheless, we need to step back and reassess what we trying to accomplish and how we go about it. We have put too much emphasis on quantity of housing built and not enough on mix (i.e. studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, town home). Wee have built too much "work force" and not enough affordable. We have seen over the years that local government is a terrible developer (Grove Phase I & II). Our recent foray into public-private partnerships has been a disaster. Let us go back to proven non-profit partners like habitat.

2) Water Quality - We are the headwaters of the Snake River and yet Flat Creek and Fish Creek are impaired. We have no regulations to address our many failing and inadequate septic systems around the Valley. Hoback struggled with poor drinking water for years before the County took any action. This is not acceptable. Water quality has to be a priority.

3) Balance Growth and Conservation. We all live here for the quality of life in this unique eco-system. Our Comprehensive Plan recognizes and prioritizes the protection of the eco-system. We must not make short sighted decisions that impair it for future generations. Thi smeans we must be extra careful in how we approach commercial, residential and infrastructure development especially roads and highways.