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Lesko named Princeton planning director

The Municipality of Princeton has named Justin Lesko as its planning director. Lesko, who had been serving as acting planning director since May 2021, has been directing the creation of Princeton’s updated Master Plan, as well as several other long-term planning projects.

Lesko served as Princeton’s senior planner since the summer of 2020. As the first person to hold that position, he worked on long-range planning including the new municipal master plan and GIS mapping, and day-to-day operations of the department including Planning Board assistance, Site Plan Review Advisory Board coordination, and interdepartmental work on projects like the Witherspoon Street re-design.

“I am extremely honored to have been selected for this position,” said Lesko, who holds AICP certification from the American Planning Association and is a licensed professional planner in New Jersey. “I’ve called Central Jersey home for most of my life, and look forward to continuing on in Princeton. I very much look forward to working with Mayor Freda, Council, and the Planning Board during this exciting time in Princeton.”

Lesko previously worked for the City of Tuscaloosa, first as planner then zoning administrator. He oversaw the Tuscaloosa Planning and Zoning Board and worked on Framework Tuscaloosa, the city’s first master plan, which was recognized by the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association with its Outstanding Planning Award for a Comprehensive Plan in October 2021.

Lesko received a master of city and regional planning degree from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, with a concentration in community development and Housing and a joint certificate from Bloustein and the Rutgers Business School in real estate development and redevelopment. In between his undergraduate and graduate school education, Lesko served two terms with AmeriCorps, first as a tutor, mentor and afterschool program coordinator at a school in North Philadelphia with City Year, then as an AmeriCorps VISTA Leader with NJ Campus Compact out of the Bonner Foundation on Mercer Street.

He currently resides on Witherspoon Street with his rescue dog, Polly, and enjoys playing tennis with the Princeton Tennis Program in his spare time.

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