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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Thaddeus Cohen
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| place_of_birth =California
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| occupation =Director, [[Community Redevelopment Agency]]<br/>Director, [[City of Pensacola Community Development Department|Community Development Department]]<br/>[[City of Pensacola]]
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'''Thaddeus L. Cohen''' is the current director of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[City of Pensacola Community Development Department|Community Development Department]] and [[Community Redevelopment Agency]] (CRA), which combined offices in {{date needed}}. He was hired to the post by [[Tom Bonfield]] in December [[2007]] after the departure of [[Kevin Cowper]] and began work in January [[2008]]. <ref>"Pensacola hires new community director." ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 22, 2007.</ref> Following the early termination of assistant [[Pensacola City Manager|City Manager]] [[Robert Payne]]'s contract in March [[2009]], Cohen also began overseeing housing and the [[Saenger Theatre]].<ref>"Coby, others take up slack." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 7, 2009.</ref>
==Background==
Cohen was born in California and raised in New Jersey, and attended college at Kent State University in Ohio, graduating with a B.A. in Architecture.
Cohen is a registered architect in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. He owned an architectural firm in Delray Beach for 20 years and has private and local government experience in urban planning and growth management.
