Pivotal word in downtown authority's title is 'Development'

Week of February 28, 2008

The national search by Miami’s Downtown Development Authority for an outstanding executive director will fail unless the authority’s board firmly commits to re-emphasize its own middle name: Development.

Sadly, the authority is being tugged in conflicting directions.

Its chairman, City Commissioner Joe Sanchez, wants to remake the authority as a city service agency handling citizen and merchant complaints about dirty streets and panhandlers and move it into street-front offices with city agencies that have similar duties. He plans a hands-on role to make that happen.

No top urban development leader would seek that job.

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