Rae Smith, RA, AICP, LEED AP, is a project manager and urban designer for a variety of waterfront, transit-oriented, multi-family and urban mixed use projects – developing physical, political, and implementation strategies for both smaller-scale and multi-million dollar transformative urbanization efforts. Her experience as both an architect and planner includes integrating multiple scales of design from individual urban developments to district-wide master plans and regional policies to promote sustainability. Her conscientious work ethic is supported by strong analytic skills, an ability to keep a project on track during multiple stages, and graceful persistence and dedication to improving the neighborhoods she works in. Rae has co-created an award winning sustainable regional development plan for the consolidated city-county government of Augusta, GA during a 14-month work effort. The work received a several million dollar grant from the HUD-DOT-EPA Sustainable Communities Program to implement a TOD corridor project connecting downtown to growing suburban rings. Her work has spanned cities in the West Coast, New England, and Southern US with additional experiences in England and the Middle East. Including private master plans for high profile technology corporations, design guidelines for university campuses, regulatory analysis and illustrations for several historic waterfronts, language crafted to reduce regulatory barriers to smart growth in metropolitan cities, and urban design alternatives for TOD projects along the nation’s only high-speed rail corridor.Rae holds a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning and a Masters degree in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was awarded the Robert R. Brown Fellowship in Urban Design. Her thesis research developed measurable standards for livability and density in the City of Los Angeles based on analysis of historic neighborhood development patterns.
Listed skills include Urban Design, Urban Planning, Zoning, Comprehensive Planning, and 11 others.
