Editing Bill Kenwright (section)

====2008 Extraordinary General Meeting====
In 2007, Kenwright said in an interview on ITV that Goodison Park would soon fail to obtain a ground safety certificate and announced that he would like to move the club to [[Kirkby, Merseyside|Kirkby]] as part of a proposal known as [[Everton Kirkby Project|Destination Kirkby]] which included a [[Tesco]] supermarket and a [[retail park]]. The pursuit of this project led to minor shareholders of the club calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting in 2008. After it was confirmed that the EGM would go ahead, [[Keith Wyness]] resigned and was replaced by [[Robert Elstone]] who was promoted to the position from within.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7542638.stm|title=Kenwright open to 'right' offers|date=6 August 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref>

At this meeting, Kenwright revealed that he took business advice from retail industry leaders [[Sir Philip Green]] and [[Sir Terry Leahy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/egm-date-confirmed.html|title=EGM Date Confirmed|date=7 August 2008|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=31 May 2009}}</ref> The minority shareholders determined that the club should not pursue the project due to a growing number of concerns. However, Kenwright and the other majority shareholders, using one share one vote forced the resolution to be defeated and the project to proceed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/egm-resolution-defeated.html |title=EGM Resolution Defeated – The Official Website of Everton Football Club |publisher=Everton F.C. |date=3 September 2008 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> The project was called in by the Secretary for State and a public inquiry determined that the project should not proceed after hearing evidence from groups who opposed the scheme such as Keep Everton In Our City (KEIOC).

In April 2008, he agreed to produce ''Dixie: The People's Legend'', a documentary on Everton legend [[Dixie Dean]] produced by Liverpool-based company Tabacula.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tabacula.blogspot.com/2008/04/notes-from-director-1.html|title=Notes from the Director 1|date=23 April 2008|publisher=Tabacula|access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref>