By WKTV Staff
Quote of the Day
“The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more highly of the leader. The goal of a great leader is to help people to think more highly of themselves.”
J. Carla Nortcutt
Kent County Leadership: Wayman Britt retiring
Kent County Administrator/Controller Wayman Britt has been in the WKTV studio many times since he took the position of lead administrator in 2018. But the next time he visits he will have a new title as on July 30 he will be ending his service to the country, service which goes back almost two decades, to 2004. Go here for the story.
Kent County Leadership: Vanderberg to take over
Kent County Board of Commissioners this week selected Al Vanderberg, currently Ottawa County Administrator but with a history of working for Kent County, as its choice for the next county Administrator/Controller. Go here for the story.
The Rapid: Who is that new leader?
Deborah Prato, the new CEO of The Rapid, the public transit system for the Grand Rapids metro area, recently visited WKTV to talk about what drew her to West Michigan, some of the similarities of services and differences of scale she now faces at The Rapid, and what the pubic needs to know about the present and future of the local transit system. Go here for the story.
Fun fact:
27, sort of
The number of different bus lines operated by The Rapid (SilverLine, 1-19, 24, 28, 37, 44, LakerLine and 85 (combined 37 and 48). Source.
