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Council approves reorganization to create Department of Development, moving land bank and housing staff
Summary
Council approved legislation renaming the Department of Economic Development to the Department of Development, transferring ~18 staff from Community Development into a new Land Strategy office and adding five general‑fund positions; administration said the change will centralize real estate tools, improve accountability and accelerate project delivery, while councilmembers pressed for operational metrics and protections for neighborhood services.
The committee approved an ordinance to rename the Department of Economic Development as the Department of Development and to transfer the housing development office, land bank office and asset redevelopment office from the Department of Community Development into the new department.
What the ordinance does: The reorganization moves roughly 18 existing federally funded staff positions from Community Development into the new Department of Development, creates a Land Strategy office that merges land bank and asset redevelopment functions, and authorizes five…
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