[Bristol-Birds] Bristol Tennessee parks director resigns
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:33:13 -0400
Mike Johnson, director of the Bristol Tennessee Department of Leisure Services,
yesterday (Wed., April 18) resigned
from his position effective Monday, April 23. The resignation reportedly took
place during early afternoon when he met
with the city manager.
Johnson's departure ends a 16-year-watch over the department which began June
10, 1991. He came to the position
as a recreational programmer from the Bristol Virginia Parks & Recreation
Department.
Birders and naturalists, who have enjoyed a long and valuable relationship with
the Bristol Tennessee department, will anxiously
await the change of guard. Members of the Bristol Bird Club continued
relationship with the Steele Creek Park Nature
Center and how future policies and priorities of a new administration will
shake out.
During recent years, BBC has benefited considerably. The club's contributions
to every aspect of the nature center's and
park's planning, programs, construction, fund raising, furnishings, research,
grand opening and leadership have provided some of its finest hours for the
park and its visitors. Likewise members introduced, nurtured and mentored
strong youth participation and helped develop much of the center's finest
natural history talent.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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