Councilmember Michael Chavez, a 27-year Concord resident and business owner, was elected to the City Council in November 2006. His wife, Vikki, continues to operate Charisma Salon on Clayton Road in Concord, the business they co-founded in 1979.
Councilmember Chavez chaired the Concord City Council Housing & Economic Development Committee and served on the Neighborhood & Community Services Committee. He represented the City on the Mt. Diablo School District Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force, the Central County Literacy Coalition, and was the alternate to TRANSPAC (the regional transportation planning committee for central Contra Costa County). He also served on the first Board of Councilors of the Concord campus of California State University, East Bay.
Before being elected to the City Council, Councilmember Chavez served on the Concord Planning Commission and chaired the Concord Parks & Recreation Commission (now the Concord Parks, Recreation & Open Space Commission).
Chavez was a pioneer in making inroads for the underpriviledged and underutilized people of Concord. The Michael Chavez Center, formerly known as Monument Futures, desires to continue the work he began and carry out his vision.