Hill Ward Henderson Shareholder Elected Chair-Elect Of Clearwater Regional Chamber

Katherine E. Cole, a Shareholder with the firm’s Land Use and Real Estate Groups, was recently elected as chair of the Clearwater Regional Chamber. The Chamber announced Cole chair-elect at their 95th Annual Meeting. This organization represents over 1,000 businesses in the Tampa Bay and North Pinellas areas and strives to promote local economic growth through serving its members.

Ms. Cole’s practice primarily involves representing real estate owners in the development of commercial projects and residential subdivisions. Cole primarily serves clients from the firm’s Clearwater office. She frequently handles environmental permitting at the local and state level, local government site plan approvals, negotiating resolutions for Code Enforcement cases, as well as many other land use issues. 

Active in the community, Ms. Cole is the Co-Chair of the Government Affairs Committee for the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as a former member of the Charter Review Committees for both the City of Clearwater and Pinellas County. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Morton Plant Mease Hospital, and has served as the Co-Chair of the Omelette Party Committee, a fundraising event for ARC of Tampa Bay.