INC NEWS - Interim Planning Director Named

[Melissa Rooney]

Thanks for passing that on, Randy. I have heard a lot
of good things about Steve Medlin, even from those who
have had major challenges with planning over the
years. Many hope that he will have the job of planning
director permanently.

--Melissa

Melissa Rooney
mmr121570 at yahoo.com


--- RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com> wrote:

> Joint Press Release from the Assistant County
> Managers Office.
> RWP
> 27 Beverly
>
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> 
> Durham City-County Interim Planning Director
> Announced
> 
> Durham, N.C. – Assistant Planning Director Steve
> Medlin has been named
> interim director of the Durham City-County Planning
> Department by City
> Manager Patrick Baker and County Manager Mike
> Ruffin.
> 
> He succeeds Frank Duke, who resigned last month for
> a new position in
> Norfolk, Va.  Medlin will manage the department’s
> operations until a
> permanent replacement is hired.  "I am excited and
> humbled with the
> opportunity to serve Durham in this capacity,”
> Medlin said.  “I look
> forward to working with both the county and city
> managers and the elected
> boards."
> 
> Medlin has more than 20 years of service in the
> department having worked
> his way up the ranks from an associate planner
> progressing to his current
> position.  Prior to coming to Durham, he worked with
> the U.S. Department
> of Commerce’s Census Bureau.  He holds a bachelor’s
> degree in Urban and
> Regional Planning from East Carolina University,
> located in Greenville,
> N.C.
> 
> Medlin’s appointment is effective September 22,
> 2007.  His salary will be
> $104,000.
> 
> About the Durham City-County Planning Department
> 
> The Durham City-County Planning Department is
> involved in many aspects of
> community growth, including reviewing development
> plans and protecting
> Durham’s natural and cultural resources.  Planners
> meet regularly with
> citizen groups to discuss specific issues and to
> talk generally about
> Durham’s future.  The department is charged with
> implementing Durham’s
> Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance
> to direct future
> growth.  To learn more about this department, visit
> the City’s Web site at
> http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning/.
> 
> 
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