• Mayor Alvin Brown has appointed Terrance L. Ashanta-Barker to lead the City’s Neighborhoods Department. Ashanta-Barker was managing partner of the Ashanta-Barker Law Group in Cincinnati, as well as chief operations officer and general counsel of the Small & Carter Investments Co. in Detroit. The department oversees the divisions of Environmental Quality, Municipal Code Compliance, Animal Care and Protective Services, Mosquito Control and Housing and Community Development. Ashanta-Barker will earn an annual salary of $130,000.
