From the Niagara Falls Review:
The Niagara Convention and Civic Centre has named its new general manager and president. Kerry Painter was hired to manage the centre, which is scheduled to open in 2011.
Mayor Ted Salci made the announcement during Monday’s council meeting.
Painter comes to Niagara Falls from the Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell, La., near New Orleans. That convention centre’s board of directors announced a national search to replace her, according to an article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune last week. Painter managed the Northshore Harbor Center since before it opened in 2005, the paper reported. It was an emergency shelter for about 350 people following hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Niagara Convention and Civic Centre’s board of directors is hosting a cocktail party Thursday to introduce Painter to the city’s business community.