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Christopher Read will join the Municipality of Jasper as the new director of Community Development starting Feb. 14.
Read is currently the chief administrative officer (CAO) with Clearwater County and has over 20 years of municipal experience.
“I am very excited to be returning home to Jasper after nearly a decade away,” Read said in a news release.
“I am very much looking forward to applying my wealth of experience in municipal service, as well as my education from NAIT, the University of Alberta, and Simon Fraser University in service of staff, Council, residents, visitors, businesses, partners, and everyone in between, in further developing the community of Jasper.”
He is a certified local government manager who began developing his municipal career in Jasper as the Fitness and Aquatic Centre manager from 2002 to 2012.
Read has also served at the Town of Hinton as the Parks, Recreation and Culture manager, and at Yellowhead County as the director of Community Services.
The new position of director of Community Development will be responsible for leading the integration of the former Community & Family Services and Culture & Recreation departments into one department.
The director will also act as a central point of contact with external groups and leverage existing staff resources and external partnerships to ensure existing municipal facilities and greenspaces are fully utilized and enjoyed.
