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Gilbert leaders reflect on Patrick Banger’s legacy

Town manager prepares to depart for Glendale

The last retreat with his executive team hadn’t even ended when it hit him. 

“These moments, like our retreat, it dawns on me, ‘that's my last retreat with the executive team,’” Gilbert Town Manager Patrick Banger said. “There's these things that are starting to hit me. It's going to be tough.” 

As Banger prepares to step away after nearly 14 years at the helm of Gilbert, he has allowed himself, in small moments, to process the weight of leaving a place he has helped redefine.  

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