Rollin Stanley takes planning job in Canada
Business Journal Monday 23rd April, 2012
Rollin Stanley , who resigned last week as director of the Montgomery County Planning Department, will head the Planning, Development and Assessment Department for Calgary, Alberta -- Canada's third-largest city. According to Montgomery County, Stanley was recruited for the Calgary job last winter. He had interviewed for a different job there several years ago. "We're sorry to lose him," Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Francois Carrier s...
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