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Gorrill Palmer hires DiMatteo as a planner and landscape architect

Chris DiMatteo, 
Gorrill Palmer

Portland, ME Gorrill Palmer has hired Chris DiMatteo as a new planner and landscape architect, further expanding the firm’s capabilities in recent efforts to provide planning and design services to their clients.

DiMatteo has spent more than three decades involved in land development including planning, design, preservation, and rehabilitation. He has served in both the private and public sectors of the industry therefore developing a deep understanding of the nuances of land development. He has worked directly for Maine communities including the city of Portland and the town of Kittery after getting his start with the city of New York. 

DiMatteo has a master of Landscape Architecture and is a licensed landscape architect in the state of Maine. He currently serves on the Saco First Parish Congregational Church Council and the Saco Valley Land Trust Board of Directors.

This expansion will allow Gorrill Palmer to provide enhanced customer service to clients and add depth and breadth to the senior leadership team.

Gorrill Palmer is an integrated land development, transportation and municipal engineering firm. They have been providing quality professional service to clients throughout New England since 1998 and the Mid-Atlantic area since 2013.

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