Mayor Mike Duggan appointed a new interim planning and development director from Texas.
Antoine Bryant, who comes from Houston, began serving as the interim director on Monday. Duggan nominated Bryant for the role, but the City Council will still have to officially confirm him to the position permanently. The move follows the departure of Maurice Cox, who left the position in 2019 for a similar role in Chicago.
Bryant served as a business development and project manager for Moody Nolan, an architecture firm. His experiences involve urban planning and empowering underserved communities, according to the city. We are incredibly fortunate to have someone of the national reputation that Antoine brings to lead the process of redeveloping our neighborhoods in close collaboration with residents,” Duggan said in a news release. “He has a clear commitment to and a long track record of deep community engagement and developing a vision and plan that reflects the desires of re