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Article: CRISTINA SHEPPARD-DECIUS, 38.(Ferndale Downtown Development Authority)(Occupation overview)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- October 5, 2009
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Byline: Chad Halcom
Executive director
Ferndale Downtown Development Authority
Biggest achievement: Her work helped reverse a recession-driven climb in Ferndale vacancy rates and attract $23 million in reinvestment in the downtown district over the past 18 months.
Current goal: To organize and launch a downtown Ferndale community branding campaign next year.
In many ways, Cristina Sheppard-Decius has helped downtown Ferndale become cool again.
On her watch as executive director of the city's Downtown Development Authority, the city's commercial vacancy rate plummeted from nearly 30 percent in 2000 to 1 percent in ...