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Back Stoyer, who grew up in Reading and has deep roots in the city, was still reeling from the shock that DID was done. - Advertisement - People donât realize what they are getting rid of, he said. City Council voted 4-3 on Monday night not to reauthorize the improvement district for another five years. DID, an organization that has been tasked to provide a clean, safe and green downtown since 1995, will cease to exist on Dec. 31 at 4 p.m. DID board chairman Jim Cinelli was still in shock Tuesday afternoon. I m absolutely dumbfounded by the poor judgement displayed by four of the council members last evening, he said. Without the DID, conditions in the downtown will surely erode, and I fear that we will revert to how the city was two decades ago. If that happens those council members should be held accountable. ....
Back Stoyer, who grew up in Reading and has deep roots in the city, was still reeling from the shock that DID was done. - Advertisement - People donât realize what they are getting rid of, he said. City Council voted 4-3 on Monday night not to reauthorize the improvement district for another five years. DID, an organization that has been tasked to provide a clean, safe and green downtown since 1995, will cease to exist on Dec. 31 at 4 p.m. DID board chairman Jim Cinelli was still in shock Tuesday afternoon. I m absolutely dumbfounded by the poor judgement displayed by four of the council members last evening, he said. Without the DID, conditions in the downtown will surely erode, and I fear that we will revert to how the city was two decades ago. If that happens those council members should be held accountable. ....
A program aimed at growing civic engagement in Berks County will be run by the United Way starting with the beginning of the new year. Management of Leadership Berks, an initiative dedicated to developing, supporting and connecting community leaders, will be transferred from the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance. GRCA took over the leadership program last year, cobranding it with Alvernia University, which had previously hosted the program since 2009. - Advertisement - âWe are thrilled to welcome Leadership Berks to the United Way family of programs,â Tammy White, president of United Way of Berks County, said in a news release. âThis is a full-circle moment as United Way served as one of the programâs founding members.â ....