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<br /> <br />Bob Stowe -Principal <br />Bob Stowe is the principal and founder of Stowe Development & Strategies <br />a company he formed in 2016 to help public sector clients succeed with their <br />economic and community development interests. With over 35 years of <br />experience in progressive community transformations, Bob is one of the <br />developers. He uses sound long- range fiscal planning skills and has achieved <br />enviable results in leading redevelopment efforts from the dream stage to <br />construction. This is true for projects large and small, straightforward and <br />complex. <br />Bob has also been responsible for leading, managing, coordinating, and implementing a wide variety of <br />complex and multi-faceted projects including, downtown revitalization plans, civic center plans and <br />development, master plans, public-private partnerships, and transit-oriented developments to name a few. <br />streams, and his ability to create partnerships and agreements with other agencies, make him an ideal <br />prime consultant and project manager for any TIF analysis and implementation. Bob has served as the <br />prime consultant by ten different cities to guide their TIF programs in Washington State. <br />Bob was the City Manager for the City of Bothell, Washington from 2005 to 2016 where he was the architect <br />-led downtown revitalization. <br />leadership, this project utilized a Local Infrastructure Financing Tool award (AKA TIF light) as part of the <br />funding package that stimulated private investment of over $300 million; a very big step in achieving the <br />-year goal of $650 million. The fact that nearly half that goal was reached in just a few years, during <br />the Great Recession, and with leverage from public/private collaboration, made it all the more remarkable. <br />Bob guided the development of approximately $150 million in public sector improvements (relocation of <br />a state highway, creation of new streets, storm water system, parks, environmental clean-up, etc.) <br />identified as necessary to achieve the revitalization vision. The massive public development plan and <br />schedule also needed to align with private sector purchase of surplus land from the City, environmental <br />remediation, public streets to be developed by the private sector, and on-site mixed-use development. <br />Precise scheduling, communication and the ability to respond to changing conditions were skills that Bob <br />successfully delivered on this project. <br />Before arriving in Bothell, Bob was the City Manager for the City of Mill Creek for nine years and helped <br />lead development of the award-winning Mill Creek Town Center in the early 2000s. His first downtown <br />transformation project began with the revitalization of Downtown Dayton, Washington in the late 1980s. <br />places where people want to live, work, and come together to celebrate. Bob has tackled the most difficult <br />and complex projects, achieving the redevelopment and economic dreams of several communities with his <br />failure is not an option approach. <br />EDUCATION <br /> MBA, Albers School of Business & Economics, Seattle University (with honors). <br /> BA, Urban and Regional Planning, Eastern Washington University.