Newsmaker Q&A: Director maps course for new Larimer position

FORT COLLINS – Although Larimer County’s search for its first community development director ended in the bayous of Louisiana, Robert “Terry” Gilbert isn’t unfamiliar with the land, people and issues of Colorado’s Front Range urban corridor.

Gilbert, of Mandeville, La., began work April 15 in the county’s newly defined role. The position formerly was called “planning director” and was held by Linda Hoffmann until she was appointed county manager last summer. Russ Legg served as planning director in the interim. Larimer County broadened the position’s scope and changed its title to reflect the connection between planning and zoning, code compliance and…