posted by Joe Polk at 12:50 AM /
The municipality will looking for a commercial districts manager after the resignation of Dan Woodske. Mr. Woodske, who began working for Mt. Lebanon in January, "resigned to pursue other opportunities," said municipal manager Steve Feller.
Mr. Woodske declined to comment.
The last time Mt. Lebanon held a search for this position, a pool of "40 or 50" applicants applied, according to Mr. Feller.
"We have a healthy business climate here and a business district that is improving all the time," said Mr. Feller.
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08136/881805-55.stm
Mr. Woodske declined to comment.
The last time Mt. Lebanon held a search for this position, a pool of "40 or 50" applicants applied, according to Mr. Feller.
"We have a healthy business climate here and a business district that is improving all the time," said Mr. Feller.
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/08136/881805-55.stm
Labels: commercial districts, dan woodske
6 Comments:
I'm not intimately familiar with what the Commercial District Manager's job description looks like, and we could probably debate whether or not it is really necessary. However, if it has been determined that there is a need for this office in Mt. Lebanon (at price tag in excess of $60,000), I would like to see us focus on locating someone from the community. No, I'm not one of those Pittsburghers who believes that every coach must be a Pitt graduate or a former Steeler. Nor am I anti-Beaver - Mr. Woodske's hometown - as half of my family (including my mother) is from Beaver. However, I do think that it would make a world of difference if the person that is responsible for developing our commercial business districts is a bit more familiar with them, including their histories, personalities, strengths and weakness. After all, given the myriad of qualified, capable people within our borders (including plenty of energetic and dedicated retirees), it would be nice to keep this job "in-house".
We have a small, but amazing group of business owners and community volunteers who work constantly to make this town vital. However, in order to see our area flourish and our real estate values hold or rise, we need a paid director whose can make sure everyone is communicating, each event is properly promoted, and every aspect is quality. Volunteers can do a lot, but it is a huge job to organize and follow through with all the amazing things that we do and should be doing, not just "Uptown" but in all of Mt. Lebanon's commercial districts.
Linda, I think you may have misunderstood me. I'm not advocating for a volunteer manager, just one from Mt. Lebanon (assuming everything else being equal).
My suggestion that one of our many energetic retirees or semi-retirees might be a good candidate was not intended to mean that this should be a volunteer job.
Dave,
I was responding more to the part that said we could debate whether or not it is really necessary. Otherwise I agree with your comments, although I do think an energetic younger person may be just a great thing for this town. Someone who lives in Mt. Lebanon and loves it here is an absolute.
Off the subject here -- every time I comment it either makes me enter the secret password twice or occasionally my comment just disappears. Is anyone else having this problem?
Linda,
When the commenting problem that you're referring to happens, are you logged in to your Blogger account before you submit your comment? Or not?
As many bloggers know, the Blogger platform is not very flexible or especially user-friendly. The price is right, however, and the cost (in time) to transition to a new platform is considerable.
Mike
Yes, blogger often makes me enter the CAPTCHA twice. It does happen when I am logged in. Seems to be a bug.
I haven't been able to figure out the exact conditions when it happens, but I had a sense for a while that it was correlated with the length of my post, or rather, the length of time it took me to type in my comment. I think the original captcha eventually expires and they have to present a new one.
A better method would be to only present the captcha after the comment has been entered. But I don't think Google cares about blogger much.
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