The City Council’s Town Center Subcommittee announced the members of the Town Center Stakeholder Group on March 5.
The city received 71 applications, and 42 members were chosen by city staff and the subcommittee comprised of Councilmembers Jane Brahm, Dan Grausz and Benson Wong with input from other members of the Town Center Liaison Group.
The members include Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Terry Moreman, Save our Suburbs group leader Tom Acker, former city manager Rich Conrad, Mercer Island Center for the Arts architect Lesley Bain and others (residents and non-residents) involved in Town Center businesses and Island development.
The other 38 names are: Amie Fahey, Anthony l. Perez, Bart Dawson, Carrie Holmes, Dan Grove, Don Cohen, El Jahncke, Ellen Miller-Wolfe, Geoff Spelman, George Wittman, Jason Rogers, Jennifer Mechem, Jim Eanes, Julie Barrows, Kay Hirai, Kirk Griffin, Lisa Richardson, Marc Glasser, Mark Meinzinger, Mark O’Shea, Maryellen Johnson, Megan McKay, Michael Hart, Nancy Lee, Nate Larson, Orna Samuelly, Pete Kangas, Ralph Jorgenson, Roberta Lewandowski, Scott Shay, Steffenie Evans, Steve Parkinson, Tamar Mar, Tim Hunkapiller, Toni Okada, Traci Granbois, Wendy Weiker and Wes Giesbrecht.
The Stakeholder Group will meet at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center on March 11 at 6 p.m., March 20 at 5 p.m. and March 21 at 5:30 p.m., April 21 at 6 p.m. and May 5 at 6 p.m.
These meetings are open to the public but will not have a public speaking component.
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