HOPE – A former public official from Anderson will begin work Monday as the new town manager of Hope.
Frank Owens, 53, will be Hope’s first town manager since the town council voted 3-2 not to renew the contract of former town manager J.T. Doane on Dec. 18, 2018.
After receiving resumes from about 50 applicants, the Hope Town Council unanimously chose Owens during their Monday meeting, city council member Clyde Compton said.
Born and raised in Anderson, Owens, a graduate of Purdue University, has several years experience working in government.
He spent four years as the building commissioner for the City of Anderson, working for then-mayor Kevin Smith. Owens also worked three-and-a-half years for the commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, as director of registration and later as the director of strategic development.
In the spring of 2019, he was appointed town manager for Ingalls, a community roughly the same size as Hope that is located in Madison County.
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