Arkoosh named secretary of the DVRPC
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Arkoosh elected secretary of regional planning commission NORRISTOWN Valerie A. Arkoosh, vice chairwoman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, has been elected secretary of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC).
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Arkoosh elected secretary of regional planning commission
NORRISTOWN Valerie A. Arkoosh, vice chairwoman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, has been elected secretary of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC).
Arkoosh is the county's representative on the DVRPC as well as the Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association. She took the place of former County Commissioner Leslie S. Richards on all three boards.
Richards' background was in civil engineering and urban planning. She remains on the DVRPC board in her capacity as secretary of the state Department of Transportation. Arkoosh's background is in medicine.
The DVRPC sets policies and priorities for zoning and transportation in the nine-county region around Philadelphia and South Jersey. - Jessica Parks