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Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe approved today the appointment of Matthew (Matt) Edmond, AICP, as Executive Director of the Chester County Planning Commission.\u00a0 Matt joins the County on February 18 and replaces Brian O\u2019Leary who retired in November of 2024.<\/p>\n
Edmond has more than 20 years of public planning experience with the Montgomery County Planning Commission, and his move to Chester County follows ten years as Transportation Section Manager, followed by Assistant Director of Transportation & Long-Range Planning.\u00a0 During his time at Montgomery County, Matt served as Executive Leader for the County\u2019s new comprehensive plan, Montco 2050, and has served as Project Manager for Bike Montco, as well as the County\u2019s Aviation Policy Plan, and the Montgomery County Complete Streets Policy.<\/p>\n
Commenting on Matt\u2019s appointment, Commissioners Maxwell, Moskowitz, and Roe said, \u201cWe are pleased to appoint someone who has such an extensive background in public planning in Pennsylvania municipal government, as well as someone who is so highly respected within his professional community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe welcome Matt and thank Chester County Planning Commission Assistant Director Carol Stauffer for her leadership as Acting Executive Director of the department in the interim following Brian O\u2019Leary\u2019s retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chester County Chief Executive Officer David Byerman said, “The Executive Director of Planning must possess a unique blend of skills\u2014technical expertise, the ability to lead a large and diverse team, the versatility to communicate effectively with different audiences, and a deep understanding of how planning drives successful public policy. Matt Edmond embodies all of these qualities, and we are looking forward to see him realize his vision in this critical role.”<\/p>\n
For ten years, Matt has been Executive Director of the Montgomery County Transportation Authority. He is a Member of the American Planning Association (APA) and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association (APA-PA).\u00a0 Throughout the year, Matt teaches Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Education Institute (PMPEI) courses on community planning to municipal officials.\u00a0 He also Chairs the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission\u2019s Regional Technical Committee.<\/p>\n
In his new role, Matt will oversee Chester County\u2019s Comprehensive Plan, Landscapes3, the main purpose of which is to balance preservation of the county\u2019s open spaces, natural areas, and historic landscapes with compatible growth of the county\u2019s urban and suburban centers, providing diverse and affordable housing, and expanding public transit, pedestrian and bicycle networks.<\/p>\n
“I’m incredibly honored to be chosen by the Chester County Commissioners to lead the Planning Commission and I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve the county’s citizens,\u201d said Matt Edmond.\u00a0 \u201cThe Commission has a long\u00a0history of excellence that I look\u00a0forward to continuing well into the future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe approved today the appointment of Matthew (Matt) Edmond, AICP, as Executive Director of the Chester County Planning Commission.\u00a0 Matt joins the County on February 18 and replaces Brian O\u2019Leary who retired in November of 2024. Edmond has more than 20 years of public planning experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1530,12851],"class_list":["post-36457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county-planning-commission","tag-matthew-edmond"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36458,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36457\/revisions\/36458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}