PAnews.com, Port Arthur, Texas

Local News

Discussion

November 19, 2009

Downtown board created



In other downtown revitalization project efforts, Port Arthur’s City Council on Tuesday approved nine members to the downtown development board.

The board was created at the suggestion International Economic Development Council, a national group hired to deliver a strategy report for revitalizing the city’s downtown area.

The Council recommended the board be comprised of members nominated by the city, the EDC, Chamber of Commerce, and Lamar State College-Port Arthur.

City Manager Steve Fitzgibbons said the board members will volunteer their time, but a full-time staff and executive director will need to be hired.

Originally the International Council recommended seven members be appointed to the board. Port Arthur’s City Council increased that number to 9 at their regular meeting Tuesday.

Those approved for membership are: Clark Colvin, with Flint Hills Resources; Vicki Derese, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Judyette Jackson, representing the Stephen Jackson Foundation; Yvonne Sutherlin, local historian; Kenny Tims, Sr., KT Maintenance president; Kerry Lynn Thomas, Port Arthur Economic Development Board member, and Mark Viator, Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce board chairman; and president of Partnership Strategies, LLC.

skoonce@panews.com





Text Only
Local News