{"id":55575,"date":"2025-11-19T03:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55575\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:07:08","slug":"plano-promotes-economic-development-director-doug-mcdonald-to-deputy-city-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55575\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano Promotes Economic Development Director Doug McDonald to Deputy City Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANO \u2014 Plano has promoted Economic Development Director Doug McDonald to Deputy City Manager. He has worked for the city for seven years. McDonald has served as Economic Development Director since 2022.<\/p>\n

During his tenure, McDonald expanded the economic development team to strengthen business retention and recruitment. However, his focus also included small business support and commercial real estate engagement. His team initiated the first Master Area Plan for the Legacy district.<\/p>\n

McDonald updated Plano\u2019s economic development program to reflect post-pandemic workforce needs. However, he created a building modernization program for older office campuses. He also reestablished workforce partnerships with Plano ISD and Collin College.<\/p>\n

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The city\u2019s marketing reach expanded domestically and internationally under McDonald\u2019s guidance. Over the past three years, Plano secured 21 projects representing 7,200 jobs and $722 million in improvements. Relocations included Sally Beauty Holdings and Simpson Strong-Tie. Expansions included Delta Electronics and Raising Cane\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoug\u2019s leadership reflects the high standards that define Plano as the City of Excellence,\u201d said City Manager Mark Israelson. However, he added that McDonald\u2019s work strengthens the business community and supports quality jobs. Israelson expects McDonald to advance strategic initiatives in his new role.<\/p>\n

Doug McDonald\u2019s first day as Deputy City Manager will be December 1. However, his departmental responsibilities will continue to include Economic Development. The city anticipates his leadership will further Plano\u2019s long-term growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANO \u2014 Plano has promoted Economic Development Director Doug McDonald to Deputy City Manager. He has worked for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-55575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}