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V <br /> Page Z of 3 Diane Beecham <br /> 8E0❑Secured $700,000 state grant to acquire a large parcel of land for conservation <br /> purposes; - <br /> a€¢❑Served as staff to the lann-ing board and liaison to various community and town <br /> boards and commissions. - <br /> RESEARCH/SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP <br /> DES MOINES, IOWA MAY 1995 a€" OCTOBER 1990 <br /> a€O❑coordinated efforts to establish a downtown Des Moines business improvement <br /> district, including development of programs, budget, promotional materials and <br /> implementation strategies; <br /> a€¢❑Designed comprehensive relational database of downtown information including <br /> collection and analysis of demographic and real estate data; <br /> a€O❑Developed strategic plan to guide future policy and programmatic decisions of the <br /> organization. <br /> STAFF ASSISTANT, OFFICE OF U.S. SENATOR TOM HARKIN <br /> DES MOINES, IOWA JULY 19945E"APRIL 1995 <br /> 5E0❑Coordinated constituent requests for federal assistance for disability <br /> . <br /> q veteran and drsab�l�ty <br /> issues. <br /> LEGI-SLATIVE DIRECTOR, GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE <br /> WASHINGTON, DC OCTOBER 1992 8E" NOVEMBER 1993 <br /> a€¢❑Directed legislative-and social advocacy initiatives, including formulating olio <br /> 9 9p Y <br /> positions, monitoring legislation and preparing public hearing testimonies; <br /> a€¢❑Developed technical assistance manuals for a Federal Transit Administration <br /> program to assist minority and women-owned businesses compete for transit-related <br /> contracts. <br /> SENIOR PLANNER, DC DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP <br /> WASHINGTON, DC OCTOBER 1958 a€" JULY 1992 <br /> 5€0 0Assisted Executive Director in multi-year effort to establish a downtown <br /> Washington, DC business improvement district, including development of programs, <br /> budget, community outreach strategies, promotional materials and public hearing <br /> testimonies; <br /> a€¢❑Worked with public-private working group of local government officials, property <br /> rtY <br /> owners, developers, major tenants and other downtown stakeholders to develop and <br /> implement mandatory mixed-use zoning rdinance for the Washington, DC downtown <br /> 9 g , <br /> East End area; <br /> a€¢❑Edited the Downtown Development Portfolio, a publication of downtown office and <br /> retail development data; <br /> a€o❑Awarded a $5,090 grant to develop and implement survey of downtown arts space <br /> needs for planned economic impact study; <br />