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

[Stephen Knill]

Well since our ex Mayor wanted new housing at any cost the current planning director would have to “embrace” rapid development and not necessarily manage it well. We should see if her job description is the same. With a changed crew maybe that job description might have to be updated.  


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> On Sep 3, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Mimi Kessler <mimikessler1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> Mimi Kessler
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>> 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
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>> <https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/09/01/raleigh-city-planning-patrick-young-rapid-growth.html?>
>> [currently a paywall is in place]
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>> 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. 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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.
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