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Mr. Bogdan has a reputation for being a creative facilitator of urban redevelopment projects using an innovative variety of public and private financial sources. He is a community and economic development expert. He is a specialist on Michigan's Tax Reverted Property Process, Market And Economic Analysis, Strategic and Business Planning, Project Management, Downtown, Neighborhood and Brownfield Redevelopment, New Market Tax Credits and in overall Development Financing.   He has over thirty years experience in community and economic development.  He was the economic development director for the state of Michigan, vice president of a high tech firm, president of several community development corporations on the east coast, and a development consultant for several Michigan communities, He received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.

Mr. Bogdan has held many community and economic development leadership positions throughout his career:

Executive Director, Pittsfield Urban Coalition
President, Strategies Plus
- Chair, Berkshire Manpower Planning Coun.
Director, Economic Development, McKenna Assoc.
- Chair, Berkshire Comm. Against Discrimination
Planning Dir., Wayne Cty Jobs & Economic Dev.
- Vice President, NAACP, Pittsfield Branch
Housing Dir., Wayne Cty Jobs & Economic Dev.
President, Bridgeport (CT) Econo. Develop. Corp.
- President, Housing & Community Develop. Corp.
- Director, Conn. Business Resource Center
- Executive Director, Wayne County - Detroit CDE
Exec. Dir., Progress Comm for Newport News
- Project Manager, Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Detroit Reg. Dir., Mich. Office of Econ. Expan.
President, Wayne County - Detroit CDE
Director, Michigan Office of Economic Develop.
President, AAB Development Strategies
Vice President, Energy Conversion Devices
Authorized Representative, Michigan Magnet Fund
Marketing Director, Mosaic Systems
 

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Mr. Bogdan is a Former Board member of the LISC Advisory Committee, Former Board Member of the Michigan Housing Trust Board, International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Futurist Society. Mr. Bogdan is a licensed Real Estate Broker.

Mr. Bogdan had a career before the beginning of his commitment to people and community - This period is called the Dark Ages which in 1969 became the Renaissance.

 

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AAB Development Strategies, 13342 Sherwood, Huntington Woods, MI 48070
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