New Petaluma planners to hold meet-and-greet

<p>City officials will hold an open house next week for the public to meet employees of Metropolitan Planning Group, the firm that is now providing planning services at City Hall.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>The firm, also known as M-Group, was chosen in July to operate the city’s community development department after full-time planning employees were laid off this spring due to budget constraints from the economic downturn.</p><p>The open house will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 10 in the community development offices in the west wing of City Hall.</p><p>“The open house provides an opportunity to meet the M-Group in an informal setting,” City Manager John Brown said in a statement. “It’s also an excellent opportunity for residents and those interested in development to acquaint themselves with our planning services, to discuss projects of interest and to provide input to the M-Group on what has and has not been working well in the community development department.”</p><p>— Argus-Courier</p>