Hello everyone, my name is Mark Dunn and I am the right-in candidate for the Hadley Planning Board. I'm hoping that you will come out this April 9th and vote on Tuesday for me. I am a local architect and I am looking to bring my welcoming personality and my strong professional skill set to serve the town of Hadley and make our planning board the best that it can be. Let me tell you a little bit about me. I moved to Hadley in 1997 because my wife and I loved the mixture of business, agriculture and housing that makes Hadley unique. I lived on an aquatic drive with a view of the seven sisters for over a dozen years and served on Hadley's Town Highway Grush. Feasibility Committee with Jim Maximowski as our chair. I have served years in the Department of Defense as the base architect at Westover Air Reserve Base. And most recently I have been practicing architecture in the facilities division at UMass. Now that my only child is off to college, I find that I now have the time to serve the town and the planning board is where I'd like to serve. The job of the planning board is no small task. If elected, I will help protect the character of this town and we do that by ensuring that applicants abide by the town bylaws concerning zoning and many other restrictions. The town looks to us, the planning board, to propose additions and amendments to our current bylaws. Those changes are to assure that all new buildings, changes of use and modifications do no harm but rather bring added value to Hadley's fabric and character. It's a big job and not to be underestimated. The planning board is where a lot of decisions are made that affect Hadley's future. Most of our current board members have extensive experience on the board and I look forward to working with and learning from them as I also bring to them the value of my views and professional insight. I bring over 30 years of design and construction experience in both the private and the public sector. I have decades of experience with the site design and building design as well as compliance with federal, state and local ordinances and other requirements. I truly enjoy the design field whether on the creative side or on the review side, that's why I became an architect. I also embrace the professional diverse nature of our field and I take seriously and humbly the role of serving on the planning board should do like me. Over the years, Hadley has been able to balance different types of economic development with land preservation and farming with residential development. The planning board is one of the places where we decide how much of each we want in our town and where. It's important to see the big picture. I believe we all have to bring a heartfelt respect for all others to the planning board. I have spent decades representing clients in front of municipalities and other authorities where my respectful personality has helped facilitate dealings and keep issues moving forward without the distractions and consequences of unprofessional behavior. Everyone who comes before the board should get a fair and straightforward hearing. I will approach each review with an open mind. We can only vote for one planning board member this year and I'm hoping that you will choose to write in my name Mark Dunn for planning board. I hope that you will give me this chance to serve the town of Hadley and come out on April 9th and vote for the planning board. Write in my name Mark Dunn, my address 13 Highland Circle and don't forget to fill in the oval. Thank you and please come out and vote.