Menario began working for the City of Portland as assistant to the City Manager in 1962. Thereafter, he served as finance director for the City and, in 1966, he became City Manager. During his time as City Manager, Menario oversaw significant urban renewal of Portland's downtown neighborhoods, including the razing of Portland's Little Italy neighborhood in favor of Franklin Street arterial. He led Portland into the Model Cities Program. After leaving the position of City Manager, Menario worked for the Portland Chamber Commerce, led two campaigns to save Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, which faced two citizen referendums seeking its closure. In 1986, Menario ran for Governor of Maine as an unenrolled (independent). His campaign focused on the need to keep Maine Yankee open.[2] He finished in 4th and final place, receiving 14.9% of the vote.[1]
john, menario, september, 1935, january, 2019, american, banker, city, administrator, born, 1935, september, 1935portland, maine, united, statesdiedjanuary, 2019, 2019, aged, nationalityamericanoccupation, banker, city, administratorpersonal, early, life, edit. John Menario September 18 1935 January 31 2019 is an American banker and city administrator 1 John MenarioBorn 1935 09 18 September 18 1935Portland Maine United StatesDiedJanuary 31 2019 2019 01 31 aged 83 NationalityAmericanOccupation s Banker and city administratorPersonal and early life EditMenario was born in Portland Maine on September 18 1935 to Gladys and Michael Menario The family moved to neighboring Falmouth Maine where Menario studied in Falmouth public schools from grades 7 12 He graduated from Falmouth High School He served in the U S army during the end of the Korean War After leaving the army Menario returned to Maine where he studied public management at the University of Maine He earned a M A from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania 1 Menario began working for the City of Portland as assistant to the City Manager in 1962 Thereafter he served as finance director for the City and in 1966 he became City Manager During his time as City Manager Menario oversaw significant urban renewal of Portland s downtown neighborhoods including the razing of Portland s Little Italy neighborhood in favor of Franklin Street arterial He led Portland into the Model Cities Program After leaving the position of City Manager Menario worked for the Portland Chamber Commerce led two campaigns to save Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant which faced two citizen referendums seeking its closure In 1986 Menario ran for Governor of Maine as an unenrolled independent His campaign focused on the need to keep Maine Yankee open 2 He finished in 4th and final place receiving 14 9 of the vote 1 After running for Governor Menario was hired as CEO of Peoples Heritage Bank in Portland 1 References Edit a b c d L Hommedieu Andrea February 19 2002 Interview with John Menario PDF Retrieved 29 March 2013 Mothes J Barry October 31 1986 Three issues have hung in there all the way Sun Journal p A8 Retrieved 29 March 2013 This article about a Maine politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Menario amp oldid 1131128175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
