PORTAGE – John Swanson, the executive director of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission since 2004, has announced he will step down from that position at the end of the year.
Swanson was previously head of the Northeastern Illinois Regional Planning Commission for 30 years before taking over the position in Northwest Indiana.
NIRPC is a regional agency created by the municipalities and counties charged with doling out federal transportation money for road, bridge and rail projects.
