John Nagy been a member of the Dearborn City Plan Department for nearly 50 years, including serving as City Planner since 1967. During his decades of public service, he has played a key role in shaping the development, and redevelopment of major portions of Dearborn. A graduate of Dearborn's Fordson High School, Nagy served as a member of the United States Army's South Pacific Command from 1944-46, and was stationed in the Philippine Islands. Nagy's career with the City Plan Department began in 1947, when he was hired as a draftsman after completing courses in civil engineering at Henry Ford Community College. He was named acting City Planner in 1953. From 1953-1964, he served as a member of the City's Housing Commission and as Director of Dearborn's Urban Renewal Program. From 1964-67, Nagy served as Assistant Planning Director for the City of Livonia. He is a member of such professional organization as the American Society of Planning Officials, the Michigan Society of Planning Officials (MSPO), as well as community service organizations such as the Exchange Club of Dearborn. In 1994, the MSPO honored Nagy by naming him as the first recipient of its "Community Planner of the Year" Award. Some of the many historic Dearborn development, and redevelopment programs and projects in which he has been involved include: Development of the City's Master Plan for Land Use; Creation of "Operation Eyesore," a neighborhood enhancement program which replaces unsightly and unsafe houses with new homes. Since its inception in 1960, Operation Eyesore has replaced 1,236 homes with 441 new homes, which have a total value of $45 million. Creation of Townsend Towers, the City of Dearborn's first federally financed senior citizen housing facility; Development of a master plan for land use for West Dearborn's central business district, a move which attracted several new businesses to the area, including Jacobson's department store; Development of plans for both the original Dearborn Civic Center in 1959, and the current comprehensive renovation and expansion project to re-create it as the Dearborn Recreation and Performing Arts Center; and, Working with Ford Motor Company in the development of the 1,800-acre Fairlane site, which includes the Fairlane Town Center, and associated business, industrial and residential areas.