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Connie Kincaid, who was hired as the
first full-time executive director for
the Wake Forest Downtown Revitalization
Corporation early in May, resigned this
week citing personal issues. She had
never taken up the post on a full-time
basis.
Nancy Tebeau, who has been
serving as the part-time director since
Kara Loftin left late last year, will
remain until the DRC hires someone else,
Cristiana Walkley, the DRC chairman,
said.
“Connie has had nothing but
complimentary things to say about Wake
Forest and our DRC. She assures us that
her decision was based solely on
personal encumbrances that would prevent
her from giving her best efforts in the
executive director position,” Walkley
wrote in an e-mail announcing the
resignation.
Working on a part-time
basis, Kincaid, Walkley said,
“spearheaded our efforts to submit the
Main Street application for downtown
Wake Forest and provided many useful
insights and directives to our
organization.”
Walkley said the DRC board
will aggressively recruit another
director, which is essential for the
Main Street program funded through the
state Department of Commerce. Main
Street is a comprehensive program for
downtown revitalization that has been
successful in about 50 towns and cities
in the state.
Walkley said Kincaid has
given the DRC a list of possible
candidates and they hope to begin
interviewing early in September.
The DRC promotes and
organizes a number of events and
projects in the historic White Street
area. The most significant are the
streetscape project which will change
the look of the street and provide
better access to stores, the Façade
Improvement Grant program to help owners
improve the appearance of their stores,
Second Friday/Art After Hours during
which studios and shops remain open late
and hold special events, and the newest
member of the board of directors, the
Wake Forest Farmers’ Market now open six
months of the year.
Walkley said the board is
pleased that Tebeau will remain. “We are
fortunate to have a strong board of
directors as well as a loyal group of
volunteers who will work with Nancy to
continue to make a positive difference
in downtown Wake Forest.” |
