Last month, CityWide’s board of trustees unanimously selected Brian Heitkamp, a 15-year veteran of the organization, to succeed retiring Steve Budd, who served as president since 1989.
Heitkamp, 41, started off as a commercial lending officer with CityWide and was promoted to economic development director and then chief operating officer.
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The leadership of CityWide is noteworthy because the organization is the lead developer on some ambitious redevelopment projects and competes for multi-million dollar federal tax credit awards to help finance closely-watched proposals, such as the planned overhaul of the arcade, officials said.
“We provide solutions, and solutions can be a lot of different things, such as financing, consulting, advising or planning,” Heitkamp said.
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