Projects

Government Projects

 

Downtown Plan with Halff, Liberty Hill TX

  • In Process.

Entrance Corridor Overlay Design Guideline Rewrite with Chronicle Heritage, Smithfield VA

  • In Process.

Zoning Code Re-Write with SimpleCityDesign, Taylor TX

  • In Process. Follow along here.

Downtown Plan with Freese & Nichols, Hutto TX

  • Adopted, view the final document here.

Development Process Guides, Buda TX

  • Outline common development process in simplified guides and checklists to assist applicants and ensure efficient reviews by staff. Guides are available here.

Establish Main Street Department, Buda TX

  • Work with the Texas Historical Commission to establish a new Main Street department to assist in the preservation and activation of the historic downtown. See the department in action here.

Additional Government Projects

  • Design Guidelines

  • Overlay, including historic district and conservation districts, Creation

  • Neighborhood Long-Range Plans

Education and
Speaking

 

Texas Downtown Webinar

  • Preparing Downtown for Investors and Developers is available here.

Planetizen Courses - Remote

  • Planning for Historic Preservation series available here.

Temple University - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia PA

  • Adjunct Associate Professor: CRN 40910 Urban Form and Design, graduate level elective course that introduces students to urban design theory and application through technology

  • Assistant Associate Professor: CRN 41969 People, Places, and Environment, undergraduate general education course that aims to broaden thinking about historic and current trends in the built environment.

  • Adjunct Associate Professor: CRN 26719 Community Planning Analysis, undergraduate course within the Urban Planning degree requirements that introduces students to social science research techniques and data visualization.

Rutgers University - Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Camden NJ

  • Instructor: HP-105-Sp20, 21 Preservation Planning, continuing education course customized for elected officials and mid-career preservationist that focused on the intersection of historic preservation practices and urban planning work.

University of Pennsylvania - School of Design + School of Social Policy & Practice, Philadelphia PA

  • Teaching Fellow: Social Impact & Practice, continuing education course created to introduce students to equitable engagement practices through case studies.

Additional Education and Speaking Projects

  • Commissioner Retreats

  • Volunteer Education

  • Preservation Month Events

  • Conference Sessions

Grants and Funding

 

Commercial Corridor Street Cleaning Grant, East Falls Development Corporation, Philadelphia PA

  • Grant acquired from the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce to acquire street cleaning services. We opted to utilize services from Ready, Willing, and Able, a local organization that provides jobs to reentering men.

Truly Tacony Grant for Food-Based Business, Tacony Community Development Corporation, Philadelphia PA

  • Develop, manage, and distribute a grant from the Tacony Community Development Corporation to assist neighborhood food-based businesses in making capital purchases. The grant provided three food-based businesses funding up to $15,000. Learn more about the grant here.

Seniors Taking a Ride (STAR) Transportation Bus, Buda TX

  • Grant acquired from the Texas Department of Transportation to purchase and maintain a new, ADA accessible van and launch a new senior ride program that spans three cities. See the program here. See the van here.

Research

 

Preserving Society Hill

  • Web-based interactive mapping and oral history project about the Society Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia, PA. Explore the website here.

Form Regulation to Address New Construction in Historic Districts

  • Research to explore traditional and nontraditional tools cities are using to regulate the form of new construction in formal and informal historic districts. Read the research here.

Additional Research Projects

  • Entitlements

  • Historic Nominations, any level

  • Historic Surveys, up to neighborhood level

  • Archival and Ancestral

  • Community Engagement