{"id":34648,"date":"2023-12-07T09:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=34648"},"modified":"2023-12-07T09:21:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:21:35","slug":"little-turner-named-executive-director-of-the-coatesville-2nd-century-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=34648","title":{"rendered":"Little-Turner named Executive Director of the Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amber Little-Turner<\/p><\/div>\n

Amber Little-Turner has been named Executive Director of the Coatesville 2nd<\/sup> Century Alliance. The appointment was confirmed by the Chester County Commissioners at their November 15 meeting. Little-Turner had been serving as Acting Executive Director since September 1, 2023. 2ndcenturyalliance.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Little-Turner\u2019s strong ties to the community are lifelong. A native of the City of Coatesville, she served for three years as 74th<\/sup> District Outreach Coordinator for PA Representative Harry Lewis, Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am eager to see where the City will go in the next few years,\u201d says Little-Turner. \u201cI grew up in Coatesville and always envisioned raising a family here. It\u2019s inspiring to be part of the revitalization of the downtown and support the new restaurants and emerging small businesses \u2013 everything that makes a place an exciting destination, as well as a great place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Coatesville 2nd<\/sup> Century Alliance is in the midst of a five-year strategic plan to drive economic development in the City of Coatesville to improve the quality of life and enable the community to thrive. The public\/private partnership is funded by local government agencies and private sector contributions.<\/p>\n

As Executive Director, Little-Turner will build on the organization\u2019s recent successes, including working with residential neighborhoods through the Coatesville Growing Greater initiative, helping to attract new businesses to the City, and planning signature events. She will continue to nurture new and emerging businesses through the Made in Coatesville Small Business Incubator, a program she spearheaded that provides entrepreneurs with physical space to sell their services and products, as well as a support system and tools to help them succeed. The Made in Coatesville Holiday Market<\/a> is currently running Fridays 4 – 8 p.m. and Saturdays 11:30 a.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 16 at 228 East Lincoln Highway in Coatesville.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmber has been an incredible asset to 2nd<\/sup> Century Alliance and the City of Coatesville,\u201d says Tom Taylor, Senior Vice President, Brite Realty Services, Inc. and chairman of the Coatesville 2nd<\/sup> Century Alliance Board of Directors. \u201cHer hard work and energy as Downtown Manager led to the Made in Coatesville Incubator and the hugely successful First Fridays. She has an excellent track record and is committed to the City \u2013 her City!\u00a0I can\u2019t imagine there is anyone better to be our Executive Director.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amber Little-Turner has been named Executive Director of the Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance. The appointment was confirmed by the Chester County Commissioners at their November 15 meeting. Little-Turner had been serving as Acting Executive Director since September 1, 2023. 2ndcenturyalliance.org Little-Turner\u2019s strong ties to the community are lifelong. A native of the City of Coatesville, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7429,12290],"class_list":["post-34648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amber-little-turner","tag-the-coatesville-2nd-century-alliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34649,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648\/revisions\/34649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}