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Urban Planning

People+Places+Form+Function
Professional -

Planner III, Development Review Division                                            Prince George's County, Maryland

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission           2025-present   â€‹

Principal Planner                                                                  Jamestown NY

City of Jamestown                                                               2020-2025   â€‹

  • Participate in Pre-Application conferences to inform an applicant what areas of the zoning code to which they will need to refer and adhere moving forward with their proposal

  • Participate in Pre-Acceptance reviews of an application to determine its completeness to proceed in the review process​

  • Lead initial convening of division and departmental planning sections review of first submission of application

  • Write Technical Staff Report according to Division standards and requirements with concluding recommendation for Planning Board to make an informed decision accordingly.​

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  • Prendergast Library/Dow Park Creative Crosswalk

  • East 3rd & Spring St. mural

  • Master Plan frameworks

    • Brooklyn Square

    • Foote Avenue

    • Parks System

    • Washington Street

    • E. 2nd St./HUD Choice Neighborhood

  • Zoning, Site Plan review, SEQR

  • Enabling legislation, Food truck ordinance

  • Food truck program application design, structure, and procedure

  • Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks (CPC) certificate in Essentials of Urban Park Management

  • Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, Local Government Conference - 2024, Houghton College

  • Board member/Neighborhood Committee Chair, Jamestown Renaissance Corporation

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Research Assistant                                                              Washington, DC
Urban Land Institute                                                           2019-2020
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"Legacy Cities: From Rust to Revitalization"
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Academic - 
Capstone: "Place Identity as Drive of Neighborhood Planning: An Exploration of Hamlin Park in Buffalo, NY"
"Impacts and Treatment for the Public Health Issue of Sedentarism"

"The Impacts of Tranportation Planning on Health"

"Dupont Underground - Place Improvement Plan"

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