City Welcomes New Planning Director

City Manager Greg Veliz, during Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, introduced the City’s new Planning Director, Katie Halloran.

Although she has been working in Texas for the past five years, Halloran hails from Key West, where she was born and raised. After graduating Key West High School, she received her Bachelor of Art degree at Florida University, then earned her Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin.

She has served as a land use and development policy advisor and design commissioner in Austin.

Veliz noted that Halloran came to Key West for a recent climate change summit.

“It was perfect timing,” he said. “We knew right away that this is the person we need in the job.”

Halloran is the daughter of former City Commissioner George Halloran.

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