Deputy Planning Director Craig Chandler has left the City of Sanibel to become the Planning & Zoning Director for the City of University City, Missouri, a “streetcar suburb” of St. Louis with a population of approximately 35,000 people.
Chandler worked for the city for 12 years, starting in 2014 as a Planner, and served as the Deputy Planning Director for the past three years. It has been the only job he’s known.
“At the time, I was 24 years old,” said Chandler, who was a recent college graduate when he was hired by the city. “Sanibel is the only job I’ve known. In that sense, I feel like I’ve grown up here professionally. This is where I’ve spent my formative years as a young planner.”…