Meet Frank

Frank New moved to Heath with his family in 2009. He and his wife bought a crumbling, abandoned wreck of a house, and spent nine months bringing it back to life– fully investing with every minute of those long months in the charm of this community they had so carefully chosen to raise their three kids. Thirteen years later, Noah is 20, Wiley is 19, and Evan-Claire is 14 and for them Rockwall County will always be home. Frank is the owner of Dallas Corporate Flooring, a successful commercial floor-covering business. His wife, Kerri, has worked for the Rockwall County District Attorney’s Office since 2014 where she serves as Chief of the Family Violence Division. The New family are members of the First United Methodist Church of Heath.

Frank is a natural problem solver and is always the first to volunteer when he sees a way he can help. His long history of service to his community began in 2011 when he became President of his neighborhood’s HOA. It took years, but under Frank’s determined leadership bylaws dating back to the early 80’s were re-written to comply with current legal standards which allowed the HOA to start functioning to the benefit of its residents. In 2016, Frank and many of his friends and neighbors in Heath started to notice the alarming rate commercial and high-density residential development was encroaching on the charming, rural feel of their city. Frank’s response was to begin attending Planning and Zoning Committee meetings and City Council meetings and asking questions until he understood the issue and what could be done to stop it.

Then, in 2017, he ran for City Council along with three other like-minded people who weren’t ready to give up on Heath. In that election and the next, Frank was a part of a period of unprecedented change where the citizens of Heath took back their town by re-writing the Comprehensive Plan so that it better represented what the people wanted for their city and strengthening measures to preserve Heath’s individuality in years to come. At present, Frank continues to serve Heath as it’s City Councilman for Place 1 and was elected by his fellow council men and woman as Heath’s Mayor Pro Tem in 2020.

In addition to serving his city as a Councilman, Frank has spent the last few years learning the ropes of county management as well.  Since 2018, Frank has been a member of the Emergency Management Board for Rockwall County, a board member of the Emergency Services Corporation of Rockwall County, and a member of the Rockwall County Road Consortium. These positions have afforded Frank an up close and personal view of the county’s current management of these critical services and he has invested the time and effort to understand what needs to be done differently and how exactly to effect those changes to benefit Rockwall County’s people.

Finally, as a member of both the Heath and the Rockwall County Covid19 Economic Recovery Task Forces since their inception in early 2020, Frank has seen first-hand what must be done to put Rockwall County in position to respond to future challenges with strength rather than reacting in fear and uncertainty. Frank New has worked tirelessly behind the scenes for more than three years to effect necessary change through the county’s current power structure but has come to accept that meaningful improvement is not possible without a change of leadership.   Frank is ready to work with you, the people who call this county home, to CLEAR THE SMOKE, DO THE WORK, and MOVE ROCKWALL COUNTY FORWARD.