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tech <p>Changes are again coming to the&nbsp;Boston Redevelopment Authority, the city&rsquo;s powerful planning and development arm, in the wake of&nbsp;two scathing audits&nbsp;highlighting a lack of organizational health and financial controls&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;a coup at the head of its planning department.</p> <div> <div> <div> <p>&ldquo;While we have implemented significant change at the Boston Redevelopment Authority over the past two years, this is another opportunity to improve city government and take a hard look at an agency that has a difficult legacy to overcome,&rdquo; Walsh said in a prepared statement. &ldquo;We are committed to transparency and accountability as we move forward, and creating a new identity for the Boston Redevelopment Authority will be an important symbol of change that underscores this progress.&rdquo;</p> <p>Since the audits were released, the BRA has taken strides to address some of its more critical issues, and has made&nbsp;an effort to better seek community engagement. The agency has brought on a new director of real estate, worked to digitize its real-estate portfolio and hired a full-time planning director.</p> <div> <p>&ldquo;We have taken a holistic approach to fixing troublesome issues by strengthening our policies, making more information available to the public, staffing up in areas that were under-resourced, and taking a fresh approach to the way we work with communities,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Brian Golden, director of the BRA, in a statement. &ldquo;With substantive reforms fully underway, we now have an opportunity to address our brand, which in many ways hasn&rsquo;t been altered since our inception.&rdquo;</p> <p>The strategic advisor will tackle issues including defining the BRA&rsquo;s &ldquo;organizational identity, how those values are communicated through its branding, and how to create opportunities for public feedback during the process,&rdquo; the city said. The advisor would also be responsible to help implement whatever strategies are decided.</p> <p>Original article via&nbsp;Boston Business Journal - <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2016/03/boston-wants-a-strategist-to-help-bra-overcome.html?ana=e_bost_real&amp;s=newsletter&amp;ed=2016-03-16&amp;u=RPYIZqmBj%2FZNolSI%2F6p24A094d8"> Click Here</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="jp-post-flair" style="clear:both;"> <div style="clear:both;">&nbsp;</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p>