{"id":190059,"date":"2025-02-25T21:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=190059"},"modified":"2025-02-25T21:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:56:48","slug":"lacprc-names-new-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/lacprc-names-new-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"LACPRC names new executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission (LACRPC) has announced Rebecca Phillips as its new executive director. The vote was made official in a special board meeting with the organization\u2019s executive committee on February 20. Phillips\u2019 new role became effective immediately following the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips has been employed at LACRPC as the finance director for the past 17 months. Prior to her employment at LACRPC, she was appointed as the fiscal officer for Bath Township. She has also worked in higher education. Phillips earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Adminsitration and a Master\u2019s degree in Business Administration. Phillips is replacing former LACRPC executive director Tara Reynolds-Bales, who resigned from the position in September, 2024. An Allen County native, Phillips resides in the Allen East area with her husband and their three children.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m excited for this opportunity because it allows me to contribute further to the future of transportation development for our members and community,\u201d she said. \u201cI work with a great staff, and anticipate a smooth transition to my new role,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LACRPC is also the administrator for the newly designated West Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization (WORPO), which came to fruition in December, 2024. WORPO serves Van Wert, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam and Wyandot counties and is now one of seven Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPO) in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWith our service area expanding from Allen County to now include seven additional counties because of WORPO, I want to ensure we continue to meet the needs of all of our stakeholders,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cWe have a lot of projects coming up, so I\u2019m looking forward to sharing and discussing them with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public is invited to an open house for LACRPC from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Allen County RTA building at 200 E. High St. Lima. This will be an opportunity for the public to learn about and discuss LACRPC\u2019s upcoming work plans outlined in the draft of the 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Plan for Allen County, as well as WORPO\u2019s 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan. Information about upcoming transportation projects will be presented with the intent to receive public feedback, and will also serve as an opportunity to meet the new executive director and additional LACRPC staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are optimistic we will have a good turnout and hope to gain some valuable input regarding our upcoming transportation projects,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cWe want to hear from our stakeholders and what\u2019s needed from them. I\u2019m looking forward to strengthening our relationships with our members and community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission (LACRPC) has announced Rebecca Phillips as its new executive director. The vote was made official in a special board meeting with the organization\u2019s executive committee on February 20. Phillips\u2019 new role became effective immediately following the vote. Phillips has been employed at LACRPC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 02:25:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190062,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190059\/revisions\/190062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}