Christine Burdick, the former president and CEO of the Tampa Downtown Partnership and a longtime champion of Tampa’s downtown, has died.
Lynda Remund, the group’s current CEO, announced Burdick’s death in a memo to partnership board directors on Friday afternoon. No cause of death was immediately given.
“Christine was an iconic urban leader and contributed to enhancing the vibrancy, development and quality of life throughout downtowns across the nation,” Remund wrote. “Christine made an insurmountable impact on Tampa’s downtown during periods of unprecedented growth and change. The impact of her work in the community has brightened Tampa’s future for generations to come.”
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