OCDC director Irwin to retire

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(March 3, 2023) When a younger Glenn Irwin trekked up from South Florida in the year 2000 with hopes of becoming the first director of the Ocean City Development Corporation, it was his professionalism, knowledge and experience that tipped the scales in his favor.

“His professional attitude. He knew where to look for money from the state and the county and he had the foresight to go out and find the grants. And that’s what we were looking for,” then-OCDC Board President Buck Mann said of Irwin, who is ending his long tenure as head of the downtown organization at the end of this month.

“He showed all of the signs of that’s what we were looking for, and boy has he proved it,” Mann said.

The news of Irwin’s retirement plans began circulating publicly last week after the OCDC’s annual presentation to the Worcester County Commissioners. Within the report, Irwin and current board

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