David B. Smith, principal of White Plains”™ Planning & Development Advisors, has been hired as Somers”™ planning consultant.
Smith”™s appointment follows the retirement in March of Somers Director of Planning Syrette Dym.
Planning & Development Advisors provides strategic counsel to municipal and private real estate development firms in the area, from land use development and the approval process through a given project”™s implementation.
Recent projects include working on TOD and redevelopment projects in Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown; developing an update to Irvington”™s 2003 Comprehensive Plan; and providing peer review for a senior housing development project in Greenburgh.
Smith”™s duties will include working with Somers”™ engineering consultants, Woodard & Curran.