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Planning board nominee highlights transit and municipal experience at committee interview
Summary
Paul Burns Johnson, director of operations at the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and a recent appointee to Holyoke’s planning board, told the Public Service Committee he has municipal and planning experience and is prepared to engage with the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning work.
Paul Burns Johnson, the director of operations for the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, told the Holyoke City Public Service Committee on April 9 that his municipal government and planning experience make him a fit for a seat on the city’s planning board.
Johnson, who the committee noted has served on a town council and on a planning board elsewhere, said he joined the Holyoke planning board in mid-January and has been involved in planning activities for nearly 20 years in the region. “I have a…
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