<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div dir="auto">It's a little bittersweet but I've <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">decided to leave the City for a new opportunity.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We are looking for an experienced planner to step in and continue creating a positive impact.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Easthampton has a great Planning Department including a Senior Planner dedicated to CPA and CDBG (and many other things), a full time Conservation Agent, a full time Associate Planner for land use matters and a full time Arts and Cultural Program Director.  We hope to be hiring a sustainability coordinator in the near future as well to begin implementing the City’s pending Climate Action Plan.</span></div><div><div><span id="m_245930096868481723m_8654023509980413269gmail-docs-internal-guid-486acd0e-7fff-dc20-6959-694e03e9f09a"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Currently we have several affordable housing projects in the works with strong support from the</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Mayor, DPW, City Council and others. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The full job description can be found here:  <div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://easthamptonma.gov/Jobs.aspx?UniqueId=98&From=All&CommunityJobs=False&JobID=Director-of-Planning-and-Community-Devel-97" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">https://easthamptonma.gov/Jobs.aspx?UniqueId=98&From=All&CommunityJobs=False&JobID=Director-of-Planning-and-Community-Devel-97</a></div></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></p></font></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
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