City Planner John Knisley pores through information on a proposed ordinance change for City Council. Knisley helps to create and present ordinance changes and variances for City Council consideration and approval.
NEW ULM — After growing up in New Ulm, City Planner John Knisley left the city to pursue a career in environmental policy and planning at the federal level.
After finding out his impact on local communities was minimal, Knisley made his way back home.
“The actual amount of impact you can have locally is much more pronounced when you’re working for the local government,” he said. “With an environmental background, I started as the feedlot officer and the solid waste and recycling person for Brown County. I was the assistant zoning administrator there and that morphed into where I came to today.”
Knisley moved back to New Ulm in 2006. He said he chose New Ulm as the…
