Cedar Park City Manager Brenda Eivens was recently recognized as the Central Texas Public Administrator of the Year by the American Society for Public Administration Central Texas chapter.
In 2011, Cedar Park was named the second-safest city in Texas and selected as a "Top 10 Place to Raise a Family" by Family Circle magazine.
Celebrated since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week is a nationwide public education campaign honoring the men and women who serve the nation as federal, state, county and local government employees.
Eivens will be honored May 10 during a PSRW awards ceremony and banquet at the historic Green Pastures Restaurant in the Cotillion Room in South Austin. Awards for excellence in public administration research will also be presented. Reservations for the event may be made at www.centexaspa.org.
Joe Lanane’s career is rooted in community journalism, having worked for a variety of Midwest-area publications before landing south of the Mason-Dixon line in 2011 as the Stillwater News-Press news editor. He arrived at Community Impact Newspaper in 2012, gaining experience as editor of the company’s second-oldest publication in Leander/Cedar Park. He eventually became Central Austin editor, covering City Hall and the urban core of the city.
Lanane leveraged that experience to become Austin managing editor in 2016. He managed eight Central Texas editions from Georgetown to San Marcos. Working from company headquarters, Lanane also became heavily involved in enacting corporate-wide editorial improvements. In 2017, Lanane was promoted to executive editor, overseeing editorial operations throughout the company. The Illinois native received his bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and his journalism master’s degree from Ball State University.
