HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Renovating the Holland Civic Center physically isn’t the only overhauling that Greg Robinson has in mind.
The interim Holland City Manager is slated to propose during tonight’s City Council meeting the creation by ordinance a Civic Center Place Board that would oversee overall operations of the facility, including retaining a professional event management firm that would “enable a faster start-up towards fully utilizing the facility.” This panel’s members would be appointed by Council, and could become a reality as early as the first week in November.
Robinson is also proposing that the five city organizations operating downtown – the Downtown Development Authority, the Principal Shopping District, the Civic Center Place, the Farmers Market and Windmill Island – report to the new Assistant City Manager position instead of the current setup in which they report to different departments. He claims that this would “ensure coordination of activities and … provide a synergy amongst these groups.”
A link to the agenda and supporing documents for tonight’s Council meeting, which begins in Holland City Hall at 7 PM, is here.
