EDC taps former film institute big to lead planning division.New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. (NYCEDC NYCEDC New York City Economic Development Corporation ) president Robert C. Lieber announced that Madelyn Wils has joined NYCEDC as an executive vice president, leading its Development and Planning division. Among Wils' responsibilities in the new role will be to oversee the coordination and implementation of NYCEDC's area-wide revitalization plans throughout the five boroughs. "Madelyn brings to NYCEDC invaluable community development and policy formation experience, and we are very fortunate to have someone of her caliber join our team," said president Lieber. "Her tremendous work on behalf of the Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North community has played a major role in the area's revitalization, and we look forward to her bringing that track record of success to other communities throughout New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ." Wils joins NYCEDC from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI TFI Tobacco Free Initiative (World Health Organization) TFI The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) TFI The Fertilizer Institute TFI Technology Futures, Inc. ), where she served as president from 2004 through 2006. Wils helped transform TFI from an organization devoted primarily to managing the Tribeca Film Festival into a diverse institution offering year-round cultural and educational programming. From 2000 to 2005, Wils served as the Chair of Community Board One in Lower Manhattan, where she played an integral role in the creation of the Master Plan for the East River Waterfront and helped oversee significant capital projects, including a new K-8 public school, The Millenium High School, an expanded PS 234, two community facilities, and new parks, Little League fields and a library in Battery Park City. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation since its inception in 2001 and The Hudson River Park Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. Trust from 1998 through 2006. "The Bloomberg Administration has an incredibly ambitious Citywide economic development agenda, and I am thrilled to join NYCEDC, which is at the heart of its implementation," said Wils. "Over the years, I've learned firsthand what it takes to get things in this city done, and I'm eager to work with President Lieber and the team at NYCEDC to achieve the goals they and the Administration have set." Wils will oversee NYCEDC's Development and Planning division, comprised of those two departments. NYCEDC's Development department coordinates NYCEDC's master planning and related interdisciplinary initiatives that strengthen the city's central business districts and increase public access to the waterfront. The Planning department provides in-house consultation and project management on a wide range of land use planning
Land use planning is the term used for a branch of public policy which encompasses various disciplines which seek to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient and ethical way. topics such as environmental review, traffic, zoning, urban renewal, contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. site cleanup and regulated wetlands. Recently, Lieber announced other senior management changes. Felix Ciampa has been named COO and Marysa Wilcox, formerly a vice president in NYCEDC's Financing department, has been named Chief of Staff. |
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