October 30, 2008

Kent Downtown Revitalization, Positive Note - by Dave Ruller

Dave Ruller:

It's always big news in the sports world when your favorite team re-signs its star player and frankly that's sort of how I felt earlier this month when the City Council extended our agreement with Main Street Kent for another 2 years. Certainly there are pro's and con's to loaning an employee off of City staff to serve as the Executive Director of Main Street, and I'll be the first to say that it's been a sacrifice to loan Mary Gilbert to Main Street, but if you step back and look at the before and after in our downtown it's hard to argue that the sacrifice hasn't been worth it.

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