She said her five years as Mount Mainstreet manager meant she had built up a lot of good relationships and knew how it all worked.
Ms Brown said Mount people were passionate and protective of their patch. Everyone singing from the same song sheet had allowed Tauranga to punch above its weight.
"Locals are our best ambassadors for the Mount and Papamoa."
She believed her passion for communications would be a useful skill on the council, because misunderstanding stemmed from poor communications.
Ms Brown has lived with her partner for 10 years and she has an 18-year-old daughter, studying at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
A Mount-Papamoa Ward candidate in the last election, Richard Moore has not yet decided if he would stand in the byelection.
"It is important we get the right person in there," he said. "The last thing I want to see is an influx of ex-councillors coming into Papamoa, trying to grab a seat on the council when they don't give a toss for the area."
Former Mount councillor Bob Harnor will not be standing, saying he had reached the time of his life where he had to say "au revoir" to all that.
Another former councillor, Larry Baldock of Pyes Pa, said that although there was no legal reason why a candidate needed to live in the ward, it would not be acceptable to the residents of the Mount and Papamoa.
Murray Guy looks unlikely to use the byelection to stage a political comeback, saying: "It is not something that I am contemplating at this stage. I have just invested in a digger."
Mount resident Clare Wilson told the Bay of Plenty Times last month that she had not ruled out standing.
And Wayne Moultrie, who was ousted as a ward councillor in the last election, was also considering whether to stand again.
Nominations open on November 24 and close on December 22.
