MIKE CAHILL
MAYOR OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS
“Beverly is the community I love and am proud to call home. As your Mayor, I am focused on building a community where every resident is safe, valued and has equitable access to real opportunities. With your support, we have consistently delivered the city services Beverly residents need, and worked to improve our neighborhoods and city infrastructure, while strengthening our financial stability. We are taking bold steps to build a clean, renewable energy infrastructure, achieve carbon neutrality, and protect our coastline against flooding.
Please join me as we address the challenges and seize the opportunities to come.”
– Mike Cahill
Please join us in supporting Mike Cahill’s re-election campaign by requesting a lawn sign below. It’s a great way to publicly show your support for Mike Cahill’s continuing work and vision for the city of Beverly.
About Mike
- Beverly Public Schools graduate
- Middlebury College, BA; Suffolk University Law School, JD
- Accessible, collaborative, results-oriented leader, with deep,productive relationships with local, state, and federal leaders
- Strong management skills and budgetary expertise
Experience
- Beverly’s Mayor (2014-present)
- Beverly City Council President (2010-2011)
- Executive Director Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs (2005-2013)
- Beverly’s State Representative (1993-2002)
Fighting for our Neighborhoods to:
- Clean up the Varian site
- Hall-Whitaker Temporary Bridge construction starting September 2025
- Pave roads and improve sidewalks throughout city
- Has tripled annual paving spending since becoming Mayor
- Build roundabout at Brimbal Ave/Dunham Rd and advance Brimbal Ave Phase II plan
- Cut greenhouse gas emissions, transitioning city buildings to clean energy-based HVAC systems
A Sampling of Mike’s Accomplishments for Beverly:
- Improved traffic flow/safety for cars, bikes, and pedestrians, building Centerville and Brimbal Ave/Sohier Rd roundabouts, and rebuilding intersections throughout the city
- Opened new Beverly Middle School in 2018, and new Beverly Police Station in 2021
- Created and oversees city’s Summer Literacy Program, helping hundreds of our children build literacy skills and prevent summer learning loss
- Has worked continuously to help local businesses and non-profits recover and thrive
- Saved historic Briscoe Middle School, currently under reconstruction for 85 affordable senior apartments
- Added Solar arrays at six city sites totaling 4.5 MW, and 5 MW solar array at the former city landfill on Otis Rd.
- Added five Electric school buses to fleet, with four more arriving next year; committed to transition city vehicle fleets to EVs as older vehicles replaced
- Completed Race Equity Audit of city government; Implementing action steps
- Secured city funding for three new fire vehicles – one ladder and two pumper trucks
- Built city’s financial stabilization fund to over 10% of budget
- Upgraded the city’s bond rating twice; from AA- to AA+
- Created Grant Director position, bringing millions of dollars in additional resources annually to city
- Secured grants to evaluate flooding and erosion risks to Obear Park, Bass River, and city’s water and sewer infrastructure; future grants will help city implement action steps to better protect our coastline and infrastructure