PLYMOUTH — The Marshall County Plan Commission hired a new Plan Director during their meeting last week, hiring Nicholas Witwer, a Bremen native, to take the position.
Witwer takes over the vacancy that was left when Ty Adley resigned to take a similar position with the city of Plymouth.
Witwer has a background in government, having graduated from Ball State in 2004 with a degree in Urban Planning, and did his internship in 2003 in Marshall County under the then-plan director Troy Kiefer. He went on to work for the city of Noblesville and then for the city of South Bend.
Most recently, Witwer worked as a quality control manager in manufacturing and is happy to return to the work where he began his career.
“I feel like this is a good fit and the right opportunity for me,” he said. “A lot of doors opened for me to be here today.”
Witwer began work on Monday and knows the challenges ahead for he and his department.
“There are some new uses coming to the county and regional area that haven’t existed in the past,” he said. “Writing ordinances that fit the needs of the county and these different businesses and zoning for them is going to be one of the biggest needs and challenges.”
“Updating our comprehensive plan is not necessarily a challenge but it’s something that we haven’t done since 2013 and that’s something that’s due.”
