{"id":244319,"date":"2011-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/two-executive-officers-leave-local-business-associations\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:00:00","slug":"two-executive-officers-leave-local-business-associations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/two-executive-officers-leave-local-business-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Two executive officers leave local business associations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Two<\/a>Replacements as yet unnamed<\/p>\n

By Ashley Garman |<\/strong> Reportero SDUN<\/p>\n

Two uptown neighborhood associations will soon need to find new executive direction.<\/p>\n

Executives at both the Adams Avenue Business Association (AABA) and North Park Main Street Association (NPMSA) are resigning. As of August, both Jim Schneider of AABA and Liz Studebaker of NPMSA will move on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of intellectual capacity going out of the neighborhoods at the same time,\u201d said Benjamin Nicholls, executive director of the Hillcrest Business Association. Nicholls expressed concern that training new directors could take more than a year. \u201cThey have to know everything, including where the trash cans are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, Schneider, who has held the position since February 2006, said, \u201cI just feel now is the right time.\u201d He will now devote his time to project management and consulting for private businesses in the area. \u201cIndividual business\u2014that\u2019s where my real passion is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As for Studebaker, she says she and her husband are moving to Sacramento where her husband has secured a new position.<\/p>\n

Schneider\u2019s decision to leave comes amid another change for the community. The Adams Avenue Farmer\u2019s Market ended May 11th due to continually low attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a project of the association that we really struggled with,\u201d said Schneider, saying the market had become unable to sustain itself. The association has not ruled out reopening the market in a new location, but it is not actively pursuing it right now, he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the market\u2019s close, Schneider has had many notable accomplishments during his time at AABA. When
\nhe began as executive director, there was a sidewalk repair project that had been on the shelf for two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the first eight months of me being here, we completed that project,\u201d said Schneider. He also increased the budget for Taste of Adams Avenue by six-fold through reevaluating its business model. The budget grew from $5,000 to $30,000.<\/p>\n

AABA has yet to begin the process of finding a replacement. However, since Schneider leaves the position in August, the new executive director will get some down time to learn the ropes during the AABA\u2019s slow season from September to February.<\/p>\n

Consequently, some expect a smooth transition. Patrick Adams, president of the San Diego Business Improvement District, said new executives won\u2019t have a major effect on the Business Improvement
\nDistricts, or BID\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a staff position; The BID\u2019s are really run by the boards,\u201d said Adams. Further the NPMSA has already received 50 applications for Studebaker\u2019s job.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Replacements as yet unnamed By Ashley Garman | SDUN Reporter Two uptown neighborhood associations will soon need to find new executive direction. Executives at both the Adams Avenue Business Association (AABA) and North Park Main Street Association (NPMSA) are resigning. As of August, both Jim Schneider of AABA and Liz Studebaker of NPMSA will move […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":242956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Two executive officers leave local business associations","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}