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The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority's committee to find a new director sits in the Corner Brewery this morning to review applications. Five un-named candidates were selected.
Candidates’ names being withheld to protect anonymity
Jan. 13, 2010 · 3:04 p.m.
The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority narrowed the field of candidates to fill its open director position down to five.
The search committee sat around the fireplace at the Corner Brewery during its meeting Wednesday morning and reviewed application packets.
The pool of applicants at one time was 57. The number of applicants at the beginning of today’s meeting was eight. The committee has used several meetings during the last few months to review applications and eliminate candidates.
Rene Greff, who led the discussion, made sure the committee went through each application.
“We can just go through them one by one,” she said.
Large portions of the meeting were silent as the committee members took time to read over details in the application packets.
Greff wanted someone who had executive experience. This was one of her main qualifications while evaluating an application, identified as number eight, with her fellow committee members.
“The big thing I noticed was no executive experience,” Greff said of some applicants. “They’ve never really run an organization before.”
The applications are currently identified with a number to preserve the applicants’ anonymity. The names of the applicants will not be revealed until they are each contacted and asked whether they want to release their name to the public.
There are interviews scheduled Monday with the remaining applicants at 9 a.m. Those applying have the option to remain anonymous until they are interviewed and one of them is officially chosen by the committee as director.
The successful candidate will replace former director Brian Vosburg, who resigned suddenly following a closed session personnel evaluation held by the DDA in May 2009. City Council then voted in June to merge the existing two boards to oversee both the downtown and Depot Town development districts. The Ann Arbor firm Carlisle/Wortman Associates was hired in July to fill director duties until the board selected a replacement.
For information on Ypsilanti DDA Board meetings please check the Citizen Calendar.
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