candgnews.com OCTOBER 16, 2024 Vol. 21, No. 22
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CLEARING THE AIR ON VAPING RISKS
Berkley City Council selects VanVleck as next city manager
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BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
BERKLEY — The city of Berkley has found its next city manager. After a search process that took most of the year, the Berkley City Council formally selected Crystal VanVleck to be the next city manager at a special meeting Oct. 7. “I’m honored to have been selected to serve the City of Berkley as the next City Manager and am excited to join the Berkley team to help continue the City’s forward momentum,” VanVleck said in a press release. VanVleck comes to Berkley from Oak Park, where she recently served as the deputy city manager of community services. VanVleck She holds a master’s degree in urban planning from Wayne State University. The city of Berkley held candidate interviews with three finalists for the open city manager position on Oct. 1: VanVleck; M. Jon Dean, chief of human resources at Veterinary United; and
TOP: A friendly donkey greets 10-year-old Addison Rickard at the petting zoo. ABOVE: Attendees at Hay Day hop on a hayride at Huntington Woods’ Hay Day Oct. 5 at the Gillham Recreation Center. LEFT: Six-year-old Huntington Woods resident Simon Black plays a game at the city’s Hay Day event. Photos by Liz Carnegie
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