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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