New Downtown Manager

On behalf of the City of Camden I would like to introduce our new Downtown Manager, Wade F. Luther, II. His start date was August 10, 2009. Wade is a native of Columbia, SC and comes to the City of Camden from Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a transportation engineering and planning firm. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of South Carolina and his Master of City and Regional Planning from Clemson University, where he specialized in real estate development and market analysis. He is an urban planner with over six years experience in both the public and private sectors of planning. He has worked as an urban planner in communities, such as Richland County, South Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. As a consultant, Wade has had the opportunity to write a variety of plans for communities throughout the southeast, including two plans which have received “Plan of the Year” awards from the South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (SCAPA). It is my hope that his knowledge and skills will have a profound impact on the economic development, growth, and marketing of the City of Camden through the Downtown Manager position.

W. Kevin Bronson
City Manager

Look for more information about Wade and the Downtown Camden Guild in this Friday's edition of the Camden Chronicle-Independent.