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Chandler mayor recognizes National Planning Month
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
The city of Chandler’s Planning Department recently received a proclamation from Mayor Kevin Hartke, right, commemorating October as National Planning Month. Next to Hartke is Chandler Planning Administrator Kevin Mayo. On the far left is Chandler City Council member Christine Ellis. (Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks)
The city of Chandler’s Planning Department recently received a proclamation from Mayor Kevin Hartke, commemorating October as National Planning Month.
Hartke, accompanied by Chandler City Council member Christine Ellis, read the proclamation to Chandler Planning Administrator Kevin Mayo and staff at an October meeting.
Mayo read a random sampling of some of the odd types of questions posed to the department, such as “Can I run a body-donation business out of my Chandler home?”
The team was thanked for its hard work in helping with the wide variety of steps that are a part of city planning.
Jason W. Brooks is a News editor for the Daily Independent and the Chandler Independent.
He covers the Chandler area for both yourvalley.net and the monthly print edition while writing for and assisting in the production of the Daily Independent.
Brooks is a well-traveled journalist who has documented life in small American communities in nearly all U.S. time zones.
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised there and in suburban Los Angeles, he has covered community news in California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and northern Arizona.
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