Economic development seen as key to legacy of former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin

Economic development seen as key to legacy of former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin

For the last eight years, Richard Irvin got the chance to live out his longtime dream: being the mayor of his hometown, Aurora. It was hope that drove Irvin, who grew up in low-income housing, was raised by a single mother and was the first in his family to graduate from both high school and college, to make a name for himself, he recently said in an interview with The Beacon-News. And it was that same hope that he later turned towards the city,…