After 9 years on the job, Marana town manager looks back

by Danyelle Khmara | Marana News

Marana Town Manager Gilbert Davidson loved growing up in small, rural Willcox. He learned what it means to really know your neighbors and be a part of a community, solving problems together.

“That experience is carried with me in the importance of relationships, working with people and being pragmatic about things,” he said.

He was out with his parents filling sandbags in front of businesses and neighbors’ houses during the “floods of 1983,” the largest recorded floods in this region. Thirteen people died and over 1,000 homes were destroyed.

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