Meet Commissioner CANDIDATE David Risk
My Background
David Risk has been married 31 years to his high school sweetheart, Kristi, and has 4 children and 1 granddaughter. His 3 sons recently joined the Army in the span of 8 weeks and his daughter, Kelsie and granddaughter remain residents of Owen County. In his spare time, he helps assist with the family’s chocolate company located in Spencer, enjoys riding his Harley on long trips, and relaxes with his granddaughter, “Little Bit” catching bass in the pond. David graduated from Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, OK, and has traveled the world working for freight airlines, as well managing outstations, and competing in the aerospace maintenance competition in Nevada. David helped establish a local chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, has worked to raise conservation awareness and is an avid outdoorsman, loving to hunt, fish, and shoot. He worked to offer hunter education programs assisting veterans and children to learn to hunt. David established the archery program for 4-H and helped start the 4-H shot gun club. His support of the community and love for Owen County make him an outstanding candidate to serve as commissioner and continue building Owen County as a place people are proud to call home.
My Vision
I am a concerned citizen that sees some things that need fixed, some things we can do better, and I have some ideas for things I’d like to see done to help our community. I think the vision I have for improving Owen County, whether it be a skateboard park, splashpad for families, or working with tourism to build our community to draw higher traffic flow so our small business can thrive, people want moderate growth and improvement. There hasn’t been much of that in years past, and as I have traveled and met people around the world and all over our own state, I realize we are falling short in our county and we aren’t really giving our young people a whole lot of reasons to want to stay here. I see Owen County as a place people could want to visit and I want to help this come to pass. I love our downtown Spencer, but I’d like to see it bursting with small businesses. I think Coal City and Gosport have interesting history and potential to be a draw to visitors. I want to help make that a reality.