(Atlantic) Southwest Iowa Planning Council has announced three new hires.
SWIPCO welcomes Barb Boggs as a Grants Specialist. She will work with SWIPCO Disaster Recovery Planning to help with citizen claims and surveying for the agency. Barb will help clients navigate through application procedures and ensure the agency is meeting grant regulations.
SWIPCO and the Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund operate a wide range of programs including housing repair, down payment assistance, demolition of dilapidated houses, and lead abatement. SWIPCO also provides building inspection services and currently has more than 1,500 rental units in its inspection program. Boggs will assist with all of these programs and will be an asset to the agency.
Boggs has lived the majority of her life in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School. She has a varied background with work in financing, a law office, the postal service, and more.
SWIPCO welcomes Chris Parks to the staff in the role of Communications Coordinator. Chris will oversee community outreach, public engagement, and media communications for SWIPCO and Southwest Iowa Transit Agency. He will work to increase awareness of SWIPCO projects and public transit services to better connect the people of the Southwest Iowa region to employment, school, and wherever they need to go.
Parks is a graduate of Glenwood High School and has a bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He has a wealth of journalism experience as a broadcaster for 16 years at KJAN Radio in Atlantic.
Chris lives in Atlantic with his wife Mandy and their two children Carson and Greta.
Southwest Iowa Transit Agency welcomes Julie Hays as a Transit Scheduler. Julie will join the team that connects area residents to the transportation they need.
SWITA serves eight counties in Southwest Iowa with a fleet of 100 vehicles. Transportation provided includes work routes, student transportation, day habilitation routes for disabled individuals, medical transport, and a range of other services.
To find out more about the transportation services provided by SWITA you can call 712-243-2518 or 1-800-842-8065 or get more information at www.swita.com.
