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New council member David Chapelle highlights youth mentorship as a top priority
Summary
David Chapelle told the Grand Prairie City Council he mentors local boys and will bring that experience to his role, citing five years running a program teaching coping and anger‑management skills. He said serving on council allows him to influence decisions that affect those youths.
Council member David Chapelle told attendees he mentors young boys in local communities and called youth development a central reason for joining the council. "I mentor young young boys in, Arlington Grand Prairie," Chapelle said, adding that part of his five‑year program is to "help them with positive coping skills, healthy coping skills, anger management, and the whole purpose ... is to get them to go from young boys to young men."
Chapelle said being "in the room, where decisions are being made that impact them" gives him fulfillment and satisfaction and that this perspective will guide his service on the council. He thanked the audience for the opportunity to serve. The transcript uses the phrase "Arlington Grand Prairie" when Chapelle describes his mentoring work; the phrasing is verbatim from the remarks and is ambiguous about whether he meant both cities or a program spanning a single area.
