Heritage Matters  contributor

Matthew Somerville

Matthew Somerville is a Heritage and Urban Design Planner with the Town of Richmond Hill. As a fifth-generation farmer, Somerville has a deep interest in the connection between urban and rural communities, as well as the future of agriculture in near-urban areas.

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