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Sean Regan will serve as a Member of the Town Council of the Town of Herndon 2021-2022. Photo contributed Current Herndon Town Councilmember Cesar A. del Aguila is sworn in for his second term. Mayor Sheila A. Olem was administered the oath of office and sworn in as the duly elected Mayor of the Town of Herndon for a term commencing Jan. 1, 2021, and ending Dec. 31, 2022, by Town Clerk Viki Wellerhaus on Wed., Dec. 10. Currently, Olem serves in the position as Vice Mayor. Olem was fi...

The ambitious $400 million “Downtown Vision” revitalization plan got a boost toward becoming a reality, receiving the blessing Monday night of two city committees ahead of consideration by the full City Council next week. A development agreement between the city and developer New Kenosha LLC received unanimous approval by the Public Works and Public Safety and Welfare committees following review Monday night. The agreement is next scheduled to go before both the Finance Committee at 4...

He initiated a conversation about future funding for downtown programming during Thursday’s DDA meeting. City Manager Sammy Rich said Rome is somewhat unique in that the city provides funding for the DDA office while the property owners and merchants fund programming through fees and the Business Improvement District self-tax. “We as the city of Rome are funding about a $200,000 a year operation that pays to have a Downtown Development staff and support staff,” Rich said. “N...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Lakeshore Art Festival The operations of the Lakeshore Art Festival now will be managed by the city of Muskegon’s Downtown Development Authority. “Having the DDA house the Lakeshore Art Festival seemed like a natural fit and good addition to our city events department,” said Ann Meisch, city of Muskegon clerk. “The festival has been a great success and has provided a significant positive impact on our downtown businesses and residents.” The festi...

Share: WILTON MANORS, Fla., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Wilton Manors is pleased to announce the hiring of Kimberley Allonce to serve as the citys Economic Development Manager. In this role, Kimberley will be the liaison between the city and the business community creating various economic development programs and implementing strategies to promote the city as a desirable destination for potential businesses to relocate. "We are thrilled Kimberley has joined our team," said City...

Local business leaders learned Thursday the Carrollton-to-Rome pipeline flows both ways. Rome Assistant City Manager Patrick Eidson told members of the Downtown Development Authority that he is resigning effective Dec. 31 to become the assistant city manager in Carrollton. Floyd County first dipped into Carrollton to hire now City Manager City Sammy Rich. The pipeline continued with the hiring of Artagus Newell to head the Rome-Floyd County Planning Department and, most recently, Aundi Lesley w...

You will do. >> the second is love. >> i love apopka. it is loving the people of this area, really. and i think i fell in love with them back when i was five years old. and the people would walk by the home place, which i am still living at the same place, and made friends. >> reporter: at age 93, he runs orange countrys second largest city. he has four opponents in the march election. red light cameras, beer sells on sunday and downtown development are hot button issues. no one says the mayor i...

The other side of this. theres an old proverb that says until the lion tells his own story, tales of the hunt will always glorify the punt hunter. we want to tell our own story. its important to have business involved in the city of detroit but we dont need a downtown detroit and a neighborhood detroit. we need one detroit. so while were glad that "morning joe" came in to talk about detroit and he talked to a number of individuals, absent the input of individuals like us from the neighborhood an...

Business. >> sucking up to him is really sickening. sure, talk to him about housing development, talk to him about downtown development. hes a genius ask it. dont ask him his political views because he gets back into monkey business and hes from kenya. >> my overarching point is these guys, not saying theyre sophisticated, i think that is crass, but what they managed to do is take these racial arguments and attacks but also make them into something that hes not just -- not just that hes black bu...

"the post" criticized the obama administrations handling of the attack on benghazi. sarah palin headlines her column, "obamas shuck and jive ends with benghazi lives." trump offered money if the president would turn over college records and passport applications. a few weeks ago after employment dropped below 8%, trump claimed it was a result of white house manipulation. lets catch his wording though. >> do you think they changed the numbers? >> i do. i do. and i think that they did -- there was...