Old Colony Planning Council
Rhiannon Dugan is a Senior Comprehensive Planner at Old Colony Planning Council since September 2023 and has served as a Teacher Naturalist at Mass Audubon since May 2016. Previously, Rhiannon held the position of Senior Environmental Planner at the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District from January 2023 to September 2023 and worked as a Regional Planning Intern at the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission in early 2021. Rhiannon's experience includes data collection, revising Community Health Assessments, and supporting Complete Streets planning projects. Additional roles include grocery packing at Lilac Hedge Farm and office administration at Behavioral Healthcare Services. Rhiannon holds a Master of Science in City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning from UMass Boston and a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Worcester State University.
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Old Colony Planning Council
The Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC) is a governmental entity that was established under state statute in 1967 as a comprehensive regional agency to "prepare plans for the physical, social and economic development of the District". The Council was formed in response to a growing need of local communities to be able to address the multitude of problems that cross over local boundaries such as air and water pollution, transportation deficiencies and economic distress. These types of problems require cooperative action by affected local governments and the Old Colony Planning Council is the governmental mechanism available at the local level to effect municipal cooperation and coordination. Old Colony Planning Council is one of thirteen regional planning agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The plans and recommendations of the Old Colony Planning Council are advisory only and non-binding upon the fifteen member communities that form the planning district. The effectiveness of the Council is therefore largely dependent upon its ability to engage a qualified professional staff that conducts in-depth research, compiles relevant factual data, and prepares plans for addressing specific problems that have the general acceptance and support of its member municipalities.