Asheville City Manager: Help inform the job description.

What skills and leadership qualities would you like to see in Asheville’s next City Manager?

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Kitty Hoover outside City Boundary

May 31, 2018, 3:03 PM

Describe the skills and leadership qualities the ideal City Manager will have. To get you started, ideas may include strategic thinker, creative problem-solver, community commitment, integrity and someone comfortable with the public nature of the job. Tell us what is important to YOU.
Learn and understand Asheville's history. Look at other municipalities for possible solutions to challenges.
The City Manager will work closely with the City departments as well as the community. List groups, teams and organizations with which the City Manager should connect.
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Describe the skills and leadership qualities the ideal City Manager will have. To get you started, ideas may include strategic thinker, creative problem-solver, community commitment, integrity and someone comfortable with the public nature of the job. Tell us what is important to YOU.

The City Manager will work closely with the City departments as well as the community. List groups, teams and organizations with which the City Manager should connect.

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