Full Council Meetings
Region 9 is Designated by:
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as a Local Development District (LDD)
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) as an Economic Development District (EDD)
The Federal Highway Administration and the State of West Virginia as the West Virginia Counterpart for the Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization (HEPMPO)
The State of West Virginia as a Planning and Development Council (PDC)
The Bureau of Census as an Affiliate Census Data Center, for statistical and applied research
Who We Are
Darlene Abe, Mayor of Paw Paw
Jim Auxer, Mayor of Shepherdstown
Guy Avey, III, Berkeley County Appointee - Treasurer
Mark Baldwin, City of Martinsburg Appointee
James Barnhart, Berkeley County Council Person - Chairman
Wayne Bishop, Mayor of Harpers Ferry
James Carrier, City of Martinsburg Appointee
William Clark, Morgan County Commissioner
Daryl Cowles, Morgan County Appointee
Helen Dettmer, Mayor of Bolivar - Vice Chair
Carey Gano, Town of Hedgesville Appointee
Sandy Hamilton, Berkeley County Appointee
Dennis Jarvis, Jefferson County Appointee
Harriet Johnson , Mayor of Martinsburg
Jim Klein, Berkeley County Appointee
Kathy Mason, Berkeley County Appointee
Doug Mattingly, Morgan County Appointee
Neil McLaughlin, Berkeley County Appointee
Scott Merki, Mayor of Bath (Berkeley Springs) - Secretary
VACANT, Jefferson County Commissioner
Duke Pierson, Mayor of Ranson
Chris Strovel, Berkeley County Appointee
Bob Trainor, Mayor of Charles Town
Board Members
The Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council (Region 9) is a council, created by the State of West Virginia, comprising of representatives (both elected and appointed) from three counties: Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County and the municipalities of Berkeley Springs (Bath), Bolivar, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, Hedgesville, Martinsburg, Paw Paw, Ranson and Shepherdstown.
Region 9 was organized on June 20, 1972 in response to enabling legislation passed by the West Virginia Legislature and approved by the Governor on November 17, 1971. This enabling legislation is known as the Regional Planning and Development Act of 1971 and re-enacted Article 25, Chapter 8 of the West Virginia Code.
August 24, 2020
VIA ZOOM
1PM-2:30PM
October 19, 2020
VIA ZOOM
1PM-2:15PM
February 24, 2021
VIA ZOOM
1PM-3PM
April 26, 2021
VIA ZOOM
June 14, 2021
TBD