BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The director of Burlington’s Community and Economic Development Office is taking a job with President Joe Biden’s administration, city officials have announced.
Luke McGowan has accepted a position as a senior adviser on the White House Intergovernmental Affairs Team, Mayor Miro Weinberger said this week. McGowan will lead the stimulus and economic recovery efforts with state and local governments, Weinberger said.
The job, like the one at CEDO, involves “identifying new infrastructure projects, and ensuring that the economic recovery supports climate resilience and racial justice,” McGowan, a former speech writer for President-elect Biden, said in a written release, the Burlington Free Press reported.
“I look forward to doing everything I can to repair and rebuild at both the local and federal level, and deepen the connections between the two,” he said.
Among his work in Burlington, McGowan launched the city’s COVID-19 Resource & Recovery Center last year, which oversaw relief funds, mask creation and distribution and support for people in quarantine, Weinberger said. He also recently oversaw the transformation of the Champlain Inn into temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness, the mayor said.
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