Northern Berks Patriot Item

KCP names Sandy Green community liaison

New position to help enhance, develop strategic partnershi­ps between borough, KU

- By Maggie Stange For KCP

Kutztown Community Partnershi­p with support of Kutztown Borough and Kutztown University, has named Sandy Green as the community liaison, which is a new position.

Green will play a critical role in enhancing and developing strategic partnershi­ps throughout the community to foster positive relationsh­ips between local businesses, the university, and residents.

“KCP Board of Directors wanted to do more to support our current businesses and also work to attract the right kind of needed business to the borough,” said Jerry Schearer, KCP board president. “We also want to have better town-gown relationsh­ips especially among the students who live downtown and the residents.”

He continued, “This position is meant to do both of those things and with Sandy’s 12 years of experience as mayor, her background in business ownership, and her passion for Kutztown we can think of no one better to help KCP provide these services to the borough and university.”

Prior to joining KCP as community liaison, Green served as mayor of Kutztown for the last 12 years and as former vice president of the partnershi­p. She also worked as an administra­tive assistant at several businesses including a role with the Kutztown Area School District.

Since 1994, she has been selfemploy­ed at Berkleigh Travel in Kutztown. Currently, Green is a member of the Internatio­nal Town and Gown Associatio­n where she was awarded Level 2 Certificat­ion.

Green is a graduate of Reading Area Community College with a degree in travel and tourism and grew up on a farm in Maxatawny Township.

Founded in 2002, Kutztown Community Partnershi­p is a community-driven non-profit organizati­on dedicated to the economic revitaliza­tion and preservati­on of Kutztown. The Partnershi­p serves as a liaison to build community, to forge positive relationsh­ips, and to foster cultural and economic collaborat­ion in this historic college town. Kutztown Community Partnershi­p envisions Kutztown as an inclusive community that welcomes all our best efforts: to get an education, to do business, and to live well at every stage of our lives.

For more informatio­n, visit KutztownPa­rtnership.org, email kcp@hometownu.com, or call 484-646-9069.

 ?? LISA MITCHELL — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA ?? Former Kutztown Mayor Sandy Green, on left pictured with Sen. Judy Schwank during the December 2017 Kutztown Borough Council meeting, has been named Kutztown Community Partnershi­p’s new community liaison to enhance and develop strategic partnershi­ps...
LISA MITCHELL — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Former Kutztown Mayor Sandy Green, on left pictured with Sen. Judy Schwank during the December 2017 Kutztown Borough Council meeting, has been named Kutztown Community Partnershi­p’s new community liaison to enhance and develop strategic partnershi­ps...

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