Changes at UCD - PhillyBlog

SurfDog · #1 (**permalink**) 09-09-2004, 11:06 AM

Anyone have any news on Goldstein leaving UCD?

It was in the UC Review, but I don't remember seeing it in the Inquirer.

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vn.../4136bfee03309

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University City District set to undergo changes
By molly petrilla
September 2, 2004

With a new advertising campaign and a new director in the works, change is
afoot for the nonprofit organization known as University City District.

According to its Web site, UCD was founded in 1997 "to improve the quality
of life of this 2.2-square-mile area of West Philadelphia" known as
University City. Over the summer, this quest for improvement surfaced in a
new strategic marketing plan, which includes a new UCD logo and a new
tagline for University City.

The new tagline, which will be used to promote the University City area,
reads, "Left of Center." UCD spokeswoman Lori Klein Brennan explained that
this "strong, compelling, positive tagline ... reflects the diverse and
funky offerings that University City has to offer."

Brennan added that UCD's new logo has a similar message.

"It's very abstract," she said. "It makes the viewer have to stop and
discover the meaning. We feel that it speaks to the intellectual side, the
artful side and the diversity of University City. We also hope that this
logo will separate us from other special services districts."

Both the logo and tagline are part of the new advertising campaign UCD
began this summer, with ads visible in the Philadelphia Daily News, bus
shelters and billboards throughout the area. UCD has been focusing on
local advertisements because "more so than attracting people to University
City, [the new marketing plan] is about letting people that are currently
here know what is in their own backyard," Brennan said.

Instead of traveling to Center City or Manayunk for a night out, Brennan
pointed to the restaurants, park and movie theaters in the University City
area that students can get to easily.

But this new marketing plan is not the only sign of change at UCD.
Executive Director Eric Goldstein, who has led the organization for six
and a half years, announced his plans to step down earlier this month.

"I am proud of my contributions to UCD and to University City but have
decided that there are other professional challenges I would like to
pursue," he said in a released statement.

Brennan said that the search for a new executive director has not yet
begun, though there are plans to form a search committee soon, in which
Goldstein will likely participate.

With three delegates on the UCD board, the University is also likely to
have a voice in selecting UCD's next director, according to University
Director of City and Community Relations Glenn Bryan.

"We're committed to making sure that UCD has the finest leadership, and
it's a very important part of the community and the neighborhood. UCD is
an essential service," he said, adding, "We want to make sure that ...
it's able to grow, and grow independently."

SurfDog · #2 (**permalink**) 09-28-2004, 05:20 PM

Archeologist is mad at me because I deleted one of his post. He is going through all the UC threads and deleting all his posts.

Sorry.

wilreynolds · #3 (**permalink**) 09-28-2004, 05:36 PM

Arch has a right to be mad at whomever he chooses and he has a right to delete his own posts...what is the problem?

BG the post you deleted wasn't a bad post, I assume it was an accident, accidents happen.

SurfDog · #4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2004, 04:02 PM

http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/...7/daily52.html

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September 30, 2004

University City District, a special services district in West Philadelphia, has indicated that it made changes to its board. The changes were made at a meeting held last month but information on them was released today.

The 25-member board is composed of community, business, institutional, and nonprofit leaders in University City. Members are elected to three-year terms. Omar Blaik, senior vice president for facilities and real estate services at the University of Pennsylvania, was elected as UCD's board chairman. Penn is one of the lead sponsors of UCD and has a major stake in the viability of University City.

Elected as the board's first vice-chairman was Anthony Caneris, Drexel University senior vice president and former UCD chairman. Also, elected as second vice-chairman was David Adelman, president of Campus Apartments, which owns and manages apartments in University City. Michael Jones of the Powelton Village Civic Association will be the newest member of UCD's board.