Alyson Spery
WY · Jackson Town Council Member
Alyson Spery is a documentary filmmaker and former social worker whom the Jackson Town Council appointed to a vacant seat in January 2025. She focuses on workforce housing, updating land development rules, traffic and transportation, and a strategic town budget.
Where Alyson Spery stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (3 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 2 oppose
Said in town budget talks that the town should not pay the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust's general operating costs. The council still gave the trust its full $50,000 request.
May 27, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted yes to give developer Pennrose an extra $10 million public subsidy for the Virginian affordable housing project. The re-vote passed 4-1.
April 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted with the full council to adopt the town's budget for fiscal year 2026. The budget added staff and paid for water, sewer and street repairs without touching town reserves.
June 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: buckrail.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
Voted against ending the town's talks with developer Pennrose on the Virginian affordable housing project. The council voted 3-2 to end them.
July 14, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Brought a revised Virginian housing proposal to the council with Councilor Devon Viehman. It shifted units from workforce housing to lower-priced, income-capped homes. The council delayed a decision.
June 15, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted yes to give developer Pennrose an extra $10 million public subsidy for the Virginian affordable housing project. The re-vote passed 4-1.
April 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted with the full council to adopt the town's budget for fiscal year 2026. The budget added staff and paid for water, sewer and street repairs without touching town reserves.
June 16, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: buckrail.com
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Voted no on having town staff keep preparing the deal with Pennrose for the Virginian housing project. She cited worries that too few homes were affordable. The council voted 4-1 against the deal.
May 11, 2026
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted no on raising the fee restaurants pay to use downtown parking spaces for outdoor seating (parklets) to $2,000 per space. The fee passed 3-2.
March 16, 2026
Source: buckrail.com
Voted no on sending a letter asking county commissioners to find new space for the town's Municipal Court and Victim Services, which are in the Hansen Courthouse the county plans to tear down. The letter passed 3-2.
September 15, 2025
Source: buckrail.com
Voted with the full council to reject Dauntless Development's early plan for a six-story downtown hotel, three stories of it underground. She said it would put too much strain on public services.
September 8, 2025
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted yes on the development plan for a large Snow King condo building on Lot 57, after its design was changed. It passed 4-1.
July 21, 2025
Source: buckrail.com
Voted with the full council to cancel the planned November 2025 special election on a lodging tax increase, after county leaders would not join it.
July 7, 2025
Source: buckrail.com
Voted yes on the early (sketch) plan for Mogul Capital's large hotel and condo complex on North Cache, the biggest in town history. The plan passed 4-1.
June 16, 2025
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Voted yes to ask town voters to raise the lodging tax on hotel stays from 5% to 7%. The motion passed 3-2.
June 16, 2025
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Was appointed by a unanimous Jackson Town Council vote to fill the seat left open when Arne Jorgensen became mayor. She was picked from 17 applicants.
January 24, 2025
Source: jhnewsandguide.com
Won a 2020-21 Fulbright scholarship to make documentary films about immigration and teach filmmaking in Tlaxcala, Mexico. She had founded the nonprofit film group DIY Docs the year before.
May 22, 2020
Source: umt.edu
Past race Alyson Spery ran in:
- Jackson Town Council Member · November 3, 2026 · Jackson town, Wyoming · incumbent