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MANAGER DiGiovanni approached him Expanded and

continued from page 2 about a job, he took his time beautified green
deciding. spaces, like the

Earth to find a favorite “Frank approached me in Cooter Pond
restaurant, you’ve used GIS,” 2011 and asked me to come boardwalk, a
said Eric. “It’s a great tool for to Inverness to transition to renovated downtown,
and the city’s support
individuals, but especially for city manager when he retired. of small business are
communities and municipal I was interested but gave it some of the reasons
governments.” almost two years of thought more people than

As he worked for before I took the job,” Eric ever are interested in
moving to Inverness,
Citrus County, Eric got said. said Eric. (Photo by James
more enthused about They would work together for Vavala)

administration, particularly as six years. During that time
the world was experiencing a Eric, among other things, Serving Our Customers Since 1983
global recession. spearheaded the project to

“I started thinking about what renovate and reopen the
ANIEL
DANIEL’S
I could do in that kind of job; Valerie Theater as a non-profit D ’S
how I could help carry an cultural center via public and LICENSE # CAC1820019
area through difficult times. I private funds. Frank retired Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Heating &
Air Conditioning, Inc.
saw myself staying in Citrus in December 2019. Eric was 4581 S. Florida A ve
4581 S. Florida Ave
County for a long time and promoted to city manager in
Inverness, FL 34450
thought it might be a role for early January 2020. Inverness, FL 34450
me,” he said. COVID-19 has created many (352) 726-5845

Still, when then-Inverness challenges for communities
City Manager Frank
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