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St. Louis City Resolution Number 197 November 13, 2009 |
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WHEREAS, after a national search, the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis recently announced the selection of Maggie Campbell as its President and CEO; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Campbell has been President of the Arlington (Texas) Downtown Management Association since 2006, and she has been dedicated to downtown development in various positions throughout her career; and
WHEREAS, prior to the position in Arlington, Campbell served as the President and CEO of the Old Pasadena Management District in Pasadena, California. The district is a nonprofit property owner association under contract with the City of Pasadena to manage a downtown business improvement district that includes numerous retail and entertainment properties;
WHEREAS, formerly, Ms. Campbell was the Executive Director for the Dallas West End Association, a nonprofit organization that represents 24 blocks in the downtown Dallas historic entertainment district. She worked as the Promotions Director for Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., Special Events and Projects Manager for the Jackson (Mississippi) downtown development program called Capital Center, Inc. and in Oklahoma as an executive director of Historic Duncan, Inc., a nonprofit, charitable organization under contract to manage the state's first Main Street Program; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Campbell's accomplishments over her 24 years of diverse downtown experience with organizations in Texas, California, Mississippi, and Oklahoma include: successfully recruiting new investors and tenants for the Center Street Station project, a $12 million expansion of a historic entertainment venue as a new performance hall and the recruitment of an anchor tenant; securing a substantial grant from the Mortimer Levitt Foundation to support the creation and operation of the "Levitt Pavilion"; and raising more than $1.2 million in private donations in less than eight months for the Levitt Pavilion Business Plan and volunteer-based capital campaign.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis that we pause in our deliberations to welcome Ms. Maggie Campbell to St. Louis and look forward to continuing downtown's success in residential, retail and commercial development and we further direct the Clerk of this Board to spread a copy of this Resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to prepare a commemorative copy to the end that it may be presented to our honoree at a time and place deemed appropriate by the Sponsors.
Introduced on the 13 day of November, 2009 by:
Honorable Kacie Starr Triplett, Alderwoman 6th Ward
Honorable April Ford Griffin, Alderwoman 5th Ward
Honorable Phyllis Young, Alderwoman 7th WardAdopted this the 13th day of November, 2009 as attested by:
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David W. Sweeney
Clerk, Board of Aldermen____________________________
Lewis E. Reed
President, Board of Aldermen