Thursday, November 5, 2020

Board member is reappointed

Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly has been reappointed to the Westland Downtown Development Authority Board.

Members of the city council approved the reappointment of the small business owner at the Oct. 19 meeting. Kelly has served on the authority board since 2016 and currently serves as chairperson.

The DDA is governed by an 11 member board appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the members of the city council. The Downtown Development Authority implements an improvement and business development plan in a commercial district along Ford Road and Wayne Road south of Ford and provides design assistance for redevelopment of commercial properties.

Regularly scheduled board meetings take place at 8 a.m. the fourth Thursday of every month at city hall, located at 36300 Warren Road and are open to the public.

Kelly is the owner of Cuda Automotive Services, Inc., located at 1136 N. Wayne Road in Westland.