Mitchell Silver
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He held roles as a policy and planning director for the [[Manhattan Borough President]]'s office, a city planner for the New York City Department of Planning, a principal of a New York City-based planning firm, a [[town manager]] in [[New Jersey]], and deputy planning director in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
He held roles as a policy and planning director for the [[Manhattan Borough President]]'s office, a city planner for the New York City Department of Planning, a principal of a New York City-based planning firm, a [[town manager]] in [[New Jersey]], and deputy planning director in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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He served as chief [[urban planning|Planning]] and Development Officer and Planning Director for the City of [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]] previous to his NYC Parks Department position. He was president of the [[American Planning Association]] (APA) between 2011 and 2013, the first African American to hold the title.{{cite web |url=http://www.hunteruap.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Urban-Review_Spring-2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082916/http://www.hunteruap.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Urban-Review_Spring-2011.pdf |archivedate=2014-01-16 }} |
He served as chief [[urban planning|Planning]] and Development Officer and Planning Director for the City of [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]] previous to his [[NYC Parks Department]] position. He was president of the [[American Planning Association]] (APA) between 2011 and 2013, the first African American to hold the title.{{cite web |url=http://www.hunteruap.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Urban-Review_Spring-2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082916/http://www.hunteruap.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Urban-Review_Spring-2011.pdf |archivedate=2014-01-16 }} |
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In Raleigh, Silver directed a staff of 230 employees in the Departments of City Planning, Community Development and Inspections, in addition to four offices: Transportation Planning, [[Economic Development]], Development Services, and the City's Urban Design Center. He served on the City's Executive Leadership team with the City Manager, Assistant City Managers, [[CFO]] and CIO. Silver led the comprehensive plan update process in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] and oversaw a rewrite of the Development Code.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/02/mitchell-silver-redesigning-way-live?CMP=twt_gu|title=Mitchell Silver: Redesigning the way we live – Society – The Guardian|date=July 2, 2013|publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=14 January 2014}} |
In Raleigh, Silver directed a staff of 230 employees in the Departments of City Planning, Community Development and Inspections, in addition to four offices: Transportation Planning, [[Economic Development]], Development Services, and the City's Urban Design Center. He served on the City's Executive Leadership team with the City Manager, Assistant City Managers, [[CFO]] and CIO. Silver led the comprehensive plan update process in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] and oversaw a rewrite of the Development Code.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jul/02/mitchell-silver-redesigning-way-live?CMP=twt_gu|title=Mitchell Silver: Redesigning the way we live – Society – The Guardian|date=July 2, 2013|publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=14 January 2014}} |
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