Pawtucket leader leaving
Link (The Providence Journal)
"Davis, 59, is leaving the foundation to become president of the Downtown Improvement District in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Money was a factor — the job offers a higher salary, he said — but so were family and professional considerations."
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"While Pawtucket is seeking to reestablish itself as a commuter rail stop and encourage the reuse of its old mill buildings, Fort Wayne is developing a convention center hotel, creating a mixed-use residential and retail complex downtown and building a minor-league baseball stadium.
Without taking anything away from Pawtucket — Davis said the city has done a good job making itself a mecca for architects, engineers and artists — he suggested that what’s going on in Fort Wayne would provide him with opportunity to work on much bigger projects: “They’re doing a level of investment in their downtown that’s kind of on a different scale.”
John J. Partridge, co-chairman of the Pawtucket Foundation, said that, while he hates to see Davis go, he isn’t surprised that Davis was hired to run the Fort Wayne downtown improvement district."
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"Davis, who was offered the Fort Wayne job in December, said he won’t start work there until late April."
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