Lawrence County Commissioner Steve Craig has briefcases, folders and other office items stacked inside of his office door, free to any taker who wants them.
Craig is cleaning out his office in anticipation of his last day of work Jan. 3, 2020, which is also his 66th birthday. Having served the county 31 years, first as a planner and planning director and later as an elected commissioner for 16 years, he opted to not seek re-election this year.
He’s ready to be done with it all, he said.
Craig, who typically sports a casual and relaxed professional look, began his career as a planner for a consulting firm, then as a project planner in the governor’s office in the Virgin Islands in Charles County, St. Croix. He also worked for a company that did re-use planning for old school buildings.
He joined the Lawrence County planning staff in 1981.
“Tony Mottle hired me,” he said. Mottle was the director of planning then, and when Mottle left to take a state government job in 1985, Craig advanced into his position.
“Without Tony, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “He was a really good mentor and he’s still a good friend. I learned the ropes from him.”
Craig was the planning director for 16 years, and he traveled to Russia for five weeks in 1995 as a consultant for the city of Rostov on Don.
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