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Gardner adds assistant director and business manager; city standardizes CDBG contracts and reporting
Summary
The Community Development Department introduced Assistant Director Amy Juhas (started July 7) and said a new business manager has begun; staff standardized CDBG public social service contracts to include quarterly reporting and clarified beneficiary documentation requirements.
City of Gardner officials introduced Amy Juhas as the new assistant director of community development and planning; staff said she started July 7, 2025. The committee also heard that a new business manager, Iris, began the prior Monday and that the department is fully staffed for the first time in recent memory.
Staff said Juhas brings experience at HUD and the City of Newton and that she has helped the department organize digital filing for CDBG documents and…
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