City of Leavenworth Recruits Wachholder for Top Public Works Position

East Wenatchee Project Development Manager Tom Wachholder will be taking his talents to the upper valley June 21st to be the City of Leavenworth's new Public Works and Capital Improvement Program Director.

Communications Analyst Christine Voos said the city's hiring process was two-tired.

"We started with a local search so that we could in theory take advantage of any local contacts someone would have as far as vendor contacts and creating those relationships." stated Voos, "It's really important to have those, but no necessary."

The second tier was an expansion of the search to the national level. Ultimately, Wachholder was chosen over one other local candidate and one out of state applicant.

Wachholder then met with the public works team, residents, and finally Mayor Florea before being hired. Voos added that Wachholder's experience, knowledge, and ability to communicate made the decision an easy one.

Wachholder has been East Wenatchee's Project Development Manager since 2015.