Levine on Marketing Mission for Bridgeport

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NEW YORK Harold Levine, a founding partner of Levine, Huntley, Schmidt & Beaver, has accepted a one-year post as chief marketing officer for the City of Bridgeport at an annual salary of $1.

The retired adman, 83, aims to help rejuvenate the depressed post-industrial Connecticut city as a center for the arts by attracting investment and commerce. “They are in the midst of Fairfield County,” said Levine, who lives in Westport, Conn. “I told the mayor, ‘You ought to get out and reach all the wealthy people in Fairfield County.’

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