Episode 17: The Opioid Crisis with Mayor Dianne Herrin

Welcome to Curiously Enough! This week we have Mayor of West Chester, PA, Dianne Herrin. Dianne took her oath in office in Pennsylvania as West Chester’s Mayor on January 2, 2018. For 15 years, Dianne has served the Borough as Chair or member of several committees - including the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, the Sustainability Advisory Committee, and the Shade Tree Commission. During this time she has also effectively advocated for quality of life issues impacting residents. 

In 2007 she led a successful effort to keep building heights in the downtown reasonable and help preserve the historic brand that makes West Chester so special. Dianne is committed to ensuring effective communications with residents and business owners, and she works to help unite our diverse community behind our shared aspirations and through creative problem-solving.

She is Vice President of Practical Energy Solutions, a Borough-based commercial energy efficiency and renewable energy consulting firm serving school districts, municipalities, and commercial businesses throughout the Philadelphia region.

If you would like to know more about the mayor’s work and involvement within the community please make sure to visit her website at www.mayordianneherrin.com

Mayor's Opioid Task Force: https://www.opioidactionwc.org

In this episode we talk about: The Mayor's Opioid Task Force + Why it Started, Alcohol in a Community and The Role of Law Enforcement, Some Thoughts on Legalizing Marijuana, and The Power of a Community Coming Together.

---

Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curiouslyenough/support