Andy Taylor Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Provided leadership and guidance for the Regional Planning Team and Data Science and Analytics Team, including work to expand the agency’s role in regional housing issues• Led the development of a new $2.5 million Livable Centers small-area planning program to support local governments and others working toward growth and improved access to opportunity through centers and nodes along the regional transportation system• Provided strategic direction in the development of the Denver Regional Housing Needs Assessment• Expanded capacity of the Data Science and Analytics Team to continue to identify opportunities to implement Metro Vision, improve small-area socioeconomic modeling, and provide research and analysis for other programs at DRCOG• Provided policy analysis and feedback during landmark Colorado legislative sessions affecting housing, land use and local government planning

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Led a cross-functional team of planners and analysts developing and sustaining programs to help local governments identify opportunities implement Metro Vision, the region’s plan• Led the rebuild of the agency’s socioeconomic modeling and Python-based data analysis capabilities after departure of previous team to develop scenarios for the regional transportation plan, a broadly accepted small-area forecast, and a gap analysis comparing the small-area forecast to the future envisioned through Metro Vision• Developed the Denver Region Data Brief series; redesigned DRCOG’s interactive Community Profiles• Launched the agency’s first local government cohort allowing staff to learn from each other and develop plans for local action on a given issue or geography• Provided analysis and strategic direction on land use and parking policy in development of the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan under Colorado’s Greenhouse Gas Transportation Planning Standard

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Key part of the team that developed and worked with the 59-member board to unanimously adopt the most recent version of Metro Vision, the region’s plan• Worked across divisions and with board members to develop a suite of performance measures and targets to track progress toward Metro Vision• Worked with the board to envision regional growth management initiatives to succeed the region’s uniquely voluntary urban growth boundary/area program• Secured $300,000 in outside funding and managed the subsequent project to apply the agency’s regional forecasting tools involving real estate economics for urban center and station area planning

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Provided guidance to steering committee, helped with consultant team selection and coordination for the regional growth impact analysis testing different regional growth scenarios for insight2050• Managed staff for agency’s transportation safety and pedestrian and bicycle count programs• Managed a review of over 150 of the region’s zoning codes; authored The State of Zoning in Central Ohio with the information compiled

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Coordinated contributions of a department-wide team, authored content and scored over 800 projects for, edited, and designed the 2012-2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan• Helped compile data and future land use plans for agency’s growth allocation model; identified and weighted factors for use in the model• Led the spatial analysis for identification of priority development, conservation, and agricultural areas for five local government watershed planning partnerships under Ohio’s Balanced Growth Program• Managed agency’s transit planning projects and transit-related partnership strategies

Columbus, Oh

Developed and taught Metropolitan and Regional Planning, the school’s first semester-long, graduate-level course in regional planning.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Helped expand the firm’s planning portfolio after decade+ focus on architecture practice to include town center planning, redevelopment feasibility analysis and planning, job center development strategy, and drafting a new walkable main street zoning overlay• Worked directly with planning commissions, city councils, and other stakeholders• Brought Geographic Information Systems capabilities into the firm’s planning and architecture practice• Raised over $3.3 million for firm clients through grant writing

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Developed a comprehensive tracking list of housing- and community development-related state legislation for member community development corporations.- Assisted with demographic analysis for grant writing and grant administration.

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Analyzed state statute changes governing tax increment financing proposed in annual budget bill, as well as other state legislation for member governments.- Managed interactive public meeting polling and facilitated table discussions at countywide public meetings during the development of a regional growth strategy; developed project web presence.

Masters, City And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Certified Planners Student Award (one per accredited planning program); Best Student Paper.

Ba, English And History

Activities and Societies: Chancellor’s Leadership Award, Editor for LAURUS (undergraduate literary journal)Graduated with Distinction