02-05-10 Friday

I'm still behind on the ol' blog. It's Monday morning and I'm finally writing Friday's.

4:45 Up in time for a run will Ellie the pooch.


7:30 Regional Jobs Initiative's Infrastructure Committee. Kurt Madden, Sarge Green, Jeanette Ishii, Lynne Gorman, Steve Haze, Mike Dozier, Dwight Kroll...and others. They asked for a report on downtown revitalization. I gave them a fairly detailed report about the downtown plans, how and why they work. We talked about the Property Based Improvement District.


9:00 I had a meeting with Terry Bond who is the Personnel Services Director for the City. I am still in the learning-mode for some of the Department Director stuff like paperwork for annual reviews.


10:00 Jerry Bishop and I met with several people who are interested in purchasing and restoring one of our landmark buildings. This appears to have good potential, but with all of these possibilities, we have to see how real they are over time. In the past we have tended to be over eager, even desperate to show that revitalization is happening. For years organization would publish ads and recite lists of projects that were just around the corner. Now we are hoping for a more even approach, less manic. So we'll look forward to some of these exciting prospects, but we won't count them until they actually happen.


11:30 I led a Fulton Mall walk in a light rain. If any of you are ever interested or have a group who might be interested in this, just let me know. We finished with lunch at Los Panchos.


2:30 Wilma, Elliott and I had a meeting with the Planning Staff to review our plan and responsibilities for the upcoming Specific Plan. And at 3:30 we did the same with the City Manager Bruce Rudd and Deputy City Manager Nicole Zieba.


5:00 Danna Gavello from DT FACES came in for an update on her progress with the downtown events.