APF spokeswoman Becky Shay loses her bid to run redevelopment agency

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But a different former newspaper reporter gets the job
Source: Billings Gazette

A former newspaper reporter with 20 years’ experience in marketing and corporate relations has been hired as the new director of Two Rivers Authority, the economic development arm of the city of Hardin.

Jeff McDowell, 55, started work Friday and said his hiring will be formally announced at the TRA board’s next meeting, on Dec. 7.

Two Rivers Authority and its empty detention facility have been making headlines for months, first because of the TRA’s offer to house Guantanamo Bay detainees there and then because of a California con man’s attempt to sign a contract to operate the jail.

... Other applicants for the director’s job were Amanda Boatright of Billings, Dan Kern of Hardin, Becky Shay of Laurel, Rich Solberg of Hardin and Jason Jochems of Big Sky.

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