For the third time in recent years, the executive director of the Council of Neighbors & Organizations (CONO) has resigned, and the longtime advocacy group appears to be on the ropes.
Stephanie Surch, whose last day as executive director was April 30, started at CONO just last year and tells the
Indy the agency is troubled and the board seems unwilling to address issues she thinks prevent CONO from being relevant as the city grows.
For years, CONO was a loosely knit group known as Council of Neighborhood Organizations headed by longtime activist and volunteer Jan Doran. She frequently appeared before Planning Commission and City Council on behalf of neighborhoods all over the city that opposed certain types of development.
For the third time in recent years, the executive director of the Council of Neighbors & Organizations (CONO) has resigned, and the long-time advocacy group appears to be on the