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Duncanville is Open & Ready For Business
Steve Martin, President of the Duncanville Chamber of Commerce, says the Chamber and its members are ready and eager to emerge from their pandemic hibernation. Even better, Martin says the future looks bright for the Chamber and the City of Duncanville, and our community is ready to return to “normal” in better shape than expected.
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‘Keep Dollars In Duncanville’
“We only saw one of our restaurants close, when the Luby’s Cafeteria on I-67 closed last year,” Martin said. “All of our Chamber members renewed again this year. Last year we were very proactive, with our biggest effort to Keep Dollars in Duncanville. We sent regular newsletters and posted on our Facebook page about the importance of supporting local businesses. We took photos of business owners with our signs saying ‘We Are Open,’ informing the community about who was open for take-out service or curbside pickup,” he added.
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Duncanville City Council recently announced Aretha R. Ferrell-Benavides as their new City Manager, with a start date of Feb. 22, 2021. Ferrell-Benavides is no stranger to the Best Southwest area, having previously served two years as City Manager for the City of Glenn Heights. Since July 2017, she has served as City Manager for Petersburg, VA., and is credited with helping pull that city back from financial collapse. After a $7.7 million deficit in 2016, city officials announced an $8 million fund balance by 2018, their largest in over a decade.
Duncanville Mayor Barry Gordon
Duncanville Mayor Barry Gordon said, “The many hours the entire City Council spent evaluating numerous candidates for our new City Manager resulted in the selection of a superb, highly experienced individual. We look forward to Ms. Ferrell-Benavides’ innovative contributions to the continued sustainability of our City of Champions.”
Petersburg City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, who took the helm as the city teetered on bankruptcy, is leaving for Duncanville, Texas.
The city of Duncanville, about 20 minutes south of Dallas, has nearly 38,750 residents â about 7,200 more than Petersburg. This is the second time Ferrell-Benavides will take the reins of a Dallas suburb. She came to Petersburg from Glenn Heights, where she was city manager for two years.
âDuncanville is very different than Petersburg. They are a stable community. ⦠So for me going to Duncanville is creating an opportunity [where nothing] needs to be fixed but for someone to care and keep the momentum going,â Ferrell-Benavides said.