The Peoria Housing Authority is looking for its own chief executive officer to run the agency.
This comes about three years after the PHA tapped the Springfield Housing Authority s Jackie Newman to come in and improve operations, following the departure of the housing authority s last local manager. The PHA was rated substandard by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for several years prior to the management change-up.
In January, board chairman Carl Cannon said the desired improvements have taken hold since Newman came on board. This current contract with our friends and I do say our friends in Springfield has been amazing. We are progressing, Cannon said.
Springfield committee will promote coronavirus vaccination
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, seen in file photo, has announced the creation of a 15-member committee to promote vaccinations for the coronavirus
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SPRINGFIELD City officials have created a committee with the mission of promoting to the community vaccination against the coronavirus and combatting misinformation about vaccines.
The 15-member “Vax Force Committee” was announced late Monday afternoon by Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen R. Caulton-Harris.
The committee will provide “credible COVID-19 resources to the citizens of Springfield using science, data, and information to guide the decision-making and explain the vaccination process in layman’s terms,” the announcement stated.