[Durham INC] Former Durham planning director "ready to help Raleigh embrace rapid growth"

[Mimi Kessler]

Yes, they wanted him to make things like EHC happen as fast as possible
-that's why they hired him. And it was through the requisite approvals in
record time. At least the public had an opportunity to know that it
happened because it was actually covered on local TV news. In Durham, it
didn't get a mention.

Mimi Kessler
919-599-2892


On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 1:24 PM Ed Harrison <edcharrison at gmail.com> wrote:

> Executive Voice: He’s ready to help Raleigh embrace rapid growth
> <
> https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/09/01/raleigh-city-planning-patrick-young-rapid-growth.html?
> >
> [currently a paywall is in place]
>
> The headline is in this week’s Triangle Business Journal about one-time
> Durham Planning Director, Patrick Young, who lived in Raleigh for most if
> not all of his years working in Durham.
>
> I’ve dealt with planning directors for many decades. This includes the
> time (16 yrs) I served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from our Durham
> County home, in part to make sure that CH and Durham coordinated on the
> rapid development happening at the western edge of Durham.
>
> It’s never been my impression that a planning director has a job
> description that includes an “embrace” of “rapid growth.”  Seems to me that
> this would minimize the ability to **manage** rapid growth,  something that
> Triangle local governments certainly need to do.
>
> Ed Harrison
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