Denise Bevan, Interim City Manager for the City of Palm Coast, was recognized recently for her contributions while serving on the Northeast Florida Economic Resilience Task Force (NFERT) on the development of the Northeast Florida COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan.
The recovery plan outlines detailed recommendations for economic recovery with a focus on three priority areas: infrastructure, small business relief and support, and equity. The task force was comprised of leaders from across the region representing local governments, regional economic development organizations, private sector companies, and nonprofit organizations.
The task force was made possible through Federal CARES Act funding awarded to the Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC) in August of 2020 to support economic resilience efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was a tremendous honor to contribute to the Northeast Florida COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan,” Denise Bevan said. “This was a year-long collaboration and commitment by leaders from across the region who worked together to create recommendations to put our region on a successful path forward. Many of the challenges facing Flagler County are the same facing the region.”
Denise Bevan joined the City of Palm Coast in February 2007 as a Senior Environmental Planner. She was promoted to Chief of Staff over Infrastructure in April 2021 before stepping into the Interim City Manager role in June 2021. She proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Regional Community Institute of Northeast Florida, Inc.
NEFRC is a network of regional government agencies serving Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Putnam, Nassau, and St. Johns counties and 26 municipalities. For more information about the Northeast Florida Regional Council, visit nefrc.org.
For more information on Ms. Bevan’s contributions, please visit the Meet Denise Bevan page or contact the Public Information and Engagement Department by emailing [email protected].
Dennis C rathsam says
I said it before & Ill say it again,our interim city manager, even though she does not want the job, she gets thing done. She is the shinning light at city hall. She is one of Palm Coasts best! Ive never had the pleasure of meeting her, but when I do I will thank her for a job well done.
Celia M Pugliese says
Congratulations Denise… in spite that some of us miss Manager Morton when it comes to traffic an other issues in Florida Park Drive as since he’s gone the problems there worsen and we do not believe is a coincidence…just he did try hard to be very responsive to us. The No Truck Road ordinance violations have become a joke now along the speeders and muflerless cars. I know resident Steven Carr keeps speaking his 3 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9GJIr9wXWE in every council meeting to no avail and another resident copies the violators videos to the sheriff and the city for evidence. We are still waiting for the finished project for traffic calming islands and one litter container by the Fern Court canal seat in the hands of Carl Cote. Traffic calming devices or road humps are needed in FPD now as much is needed that sidewalk for the Cimmaron residents , something that should have been built before approving the Sanctuary developement traffic at the east end of that very narrow residential road. Too many cases still around us of the city putting the cart before the horse.
MITCH says
Congratulations Denise, you’ve stepped into a very difficult job; a job with several challenges daily. You are doing a wonderful job. The city does have several areas that previous administrations purposely avoided. Hopefully with your help the city will start to address these areas of concern. 1). Developers leaving city taxpayers with the burden of traffic congestion from their projects. 2). Dredging of the cancels 3). A citywide Traffic Calming Ordinance to protect residential neighborhoods. 4). East of I-95, using the Palm Coast Parkway / Palm Harbor Parkway Intersection for the exchange of traffic between the two parkways instead of using residential neighborhoods as thoroughfares. 5). Too many developments/projects that have adverse effects on residential neighborhoods. Suggestion: Call on members of residential neighborhoods to help solve problems in their neighborhoods.