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Interim DDA director outlines cleanup and event plans, says office needs records and continuity

3534860 · May 27, 2025
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Elliot Zelnick, the new interim executive director for Lincoln Park's Downtown Development Authority, told council he is inventorying documents, planning infrastructure and aesthetic work downtown, and aims to establish continuity procedures for future directors.

Elliot Zelnick introduced himself to the Lincoln Park City Council as interim executive director of the Downtown Development Authority and told council he is reviewing office records and contracts to restore continuity.

"There are decades of disarray in the DDA office," Zelnick said, and he described finding important documents in random boxes and no consistent continuity plan for transitions between…

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