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Kenmore’s new city manager Terri Kilgore outlines background, five development priorities and community approach
Summary
In a podcast interview, Kenmore City Manager Terri Kilgore described her nonlinear career from Deloitte to city leadership, framed budgeting as a process for setting community priorities, and identified five priority places for economic development while urging civil local dialogue ahead of 2026 planning.
Amber Clifton, host of the podcast Let’s Talk Kenmore, interviewed Kenmore’s new city manager, Terri Kilgore, in an episode that focused on Kilgore’s career path and her early priorities for the city.
Kilgore described a circuitous career that began in the private sector at Deloitte Consulting — where she said she spent "7, 8 years" and traveled "100,000 miles a year" — before moving into public-sector roles in permitting, development services and economic development. "I wanna see things come out of the ground. I want to see the ideas that we've envisioned really come into reality," Kilgore said, framing her move into municipal management as driven by a desire to turn plans into built projects.
Why Kenmore? Kilgore told listeners she was drawn to the city because of its scale,…
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