Director Of Planning Going To Atlanta

CHARLESTON, SC – Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. announced today that Tim Keane, the City’s Director of Planning, Preservation and Sustainability will be leaving Charleston to become the Commissioner of Planning and Community Development for the City of Atlanta, Georgia.   Tim’s last day with the City of Charleston will be June 26, 2015.

Tim will be working with Mayor Kasim Reed in Atlanta, leading a department that includes the offices of Housing, Planning and Buildings. Tim said, “It is extremely difficult to leave Charleston.   This is a very special place that presents so many exhilarating challenges in city planning.   I hope I’m smart enough to take what I have learned from Charleston and Mayor Riley and help Atlanta and Mayor Reed.”

Mayor Riley says “I am happy for Tim that he has found another professional challenge in the South’s largest city region.   Tim is a talented and innovative planner with bold and thoughtful approaches to city planning. He is a tireless worker and leader. He has made extraordinary positive impacts on Charleston and its neighborhoods. We will greatly miss having him here at the City of Charleston and wish him the best as he shares his talent with Atlanta.”

Current Deputy Director Yvonne Fortenberry will be serving as Director upon Tim’s departure. Mayor Riley said, “Yvonne Fortenberry is extremely skilled and knowledgeable about all of our current and upcoming projects.”

The City has begun a national search for Tim’s replacement utilizing resources of the American Planning Association. Mayor Riley says “I am certain we will receive many outstanding applicants. I look forward to filling the position as soon as possible as we have a lot to do this year.”