{"id":7502,"date":"2009-10-01T22:45:26","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T02:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2020-12-25T20:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T01:21:56","slug":"national-magazine-selects-bob-kennedy-public-works-leader-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2009\/10\/01\/national-magazine-selects-bob-kennedy-public-works-leader-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"National magazine selects Bob Kennedy Public Works Leader of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>A little late, but none the less, still important.  Press release from the City:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>National magazine selects Bob Kennedy Public Works Leader of the Year<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Publication recognizes leadership during 2008 flood, ice storm clean-up<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>American City &amp; County magazine selected Fort Wayne Public Works Director Bob Kennedy as 2009 Public Works Leader of the Year for his accomplishments in 2008. An article naming Kennedy the &#8220;master of disaster&#8221; appears in the September edition of the publication.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Tom Henry and 2nd District Councilwoman Karen Goldner submitted an application highlighting Kennedy&#8217;s proactive and responsive efforts to prevent flood damage, clean-up from the December ice storm and adding multiuse trails in Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bob has been the City&#8217;s go-to guy in times of floods and following the massive debris left behind by the ice storm at the end of last year,&#8221; Mayor Henry said. &#8220;He has an amazing knowledge of Fort Wayne&#8217;s infrastructure, yet he has a gift of working with his employees and the public to create effective solutions that save money and satisfy residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A lifelong resident of Fort Wayne, Kennedy started in the Street Department more than 20 years ago and worked his way up to public works director in 2007. He led the City&#8217;s flood-fighting efforts in 2003, 2005, 2008 and again earlier this year. Not only has Kennedy worked on immediate flood-control measures, he was instrumental in long-term solutions to river flooding including the construction of a rain garden following voluntary buyouts of houses on the Spy Run Creek and the $3.2 million Woodhurst flood control project, which was finished this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the secrets to Bob Kennedy&#8217;s success as a public works director is his ability to size up a problem and know how to work with people who can fix it,&#8221; said Bill Wolpin, editorial director of American City &amp; County. &#8220;His lifelong investment in his community will pay dividends that will last for generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another project featured in the article was Kennedy&#8217;s collaborative efforts with Aboite New Trails and the Oprah&#8217;s Big Give Fort Wayne Trails fund-raising project last year. Kennedy worked with Mayor Henry to secure $500,000 from a bond dedicated to trails to use as matching funds during the six-week campaign that transformed $10,000 of seed money into more than $1.2 million for local trail efforts. In 2008, Public Works added 4.7 miles of trails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bob is willing to expand successful programs with a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmake it happen&#8217; attitude, which is a hallmark of his management style. He has an amazing institutional knowledge of Fort Wayne City government and his departments,&#8221; said Councilwoman Goldner. &#8220;He is the first person to work on solving a problem and the last person to take credit for that solution. He is not afraid to help other City departments, such as the limb pick-up program following the ice storm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The subscribers of American City &amp; County submit nominations for the Public Works Leader of the Year Award. The magazine&#8217;s editorial staff selects the award&#8217;s recipient each year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americancityandcounty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to view the article<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Bob_Kennedy.jpg\" alt=\"Screen capture from American City &amp; County of Bob Kennedy's article.\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/143959.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne Public Works Director Bob Kennedy and Matt Gratz at the new Recycling roll-out press conference on November 15, 2010.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"5712\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/143959.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_143959.jpg\" data-title=\"2010\/11\/15: Recycling press conference\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne Public Works Director Bob Kennedy and Matt Gratz at the new Recycling roll-out press conference on November 15, 2010.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2010\/11\/15: Recycling press conference\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2010\/11\/15: Recycling press conference\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5712\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_143959.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145695.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne City Councilman and Mayor Tom Henry talk after the latter&#039;s announcement. Also in the photo, facing us, is Bob Kennedy, Sandy Kennedy&#039;s son and with his back to us, Corporate Counsel for the City Tim Haffner. Photo taken January 31, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"5859\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145695.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145695.jpg\" data-title=\"Tim Pape and Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne City Councilman and Mayor Tom Henry talk after the latter&#039;s announcement. Also in the photo, facing us, is Bob Kennedy, Sandy Kennedy&#039;s son and with his back to us, Corporate Counsel for the City Tim Haffner. Photo taken January 31, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tim Pape and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tim Pape and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5859\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145695.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/156088.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry at a storm recovery efforts update news conference on July 2, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"6446\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/156088.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_156088.jpg\" data-title=\"2012\/07\/02: Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry at a storm recovery efforts update news conference on July 2, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2012\/07\/02: Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2012\/07\/02: Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6446\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_156088.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/156089.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters at a storm recovery efforts update news conference on July 2, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"6447\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/156089.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_156089.jpg\" data-title=\"2012\/07\/02: Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\" data-description=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters at a storm recovery efforts update news conference on July 2, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2012\/07\/02: Allen County Commissioner Nelson 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hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Greg Stephens\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Greg Stephens\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7245\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165607.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165608.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"7246\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165608.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165608.jpg\" data-title=\"Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img 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Photo taken May 21, 2014.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='bbf2874650ae2ea3f3276ab9b1a726ce' data-image-id=\"7406\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/168333.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_168333.jpg\" data-title=\"Installing the Blue Star Banner for Sgt. Major Kiess\" data-description=\"Installing the Blue Star Banner for Sgt. Major Kiess. Photo taken May 21, 2014.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Installing the Blue Star Banner for Sgt. Major Kiess\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Installing the Blue Star Banner for Sgt. 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