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Washington D.C. Metro Area

College Park, Md

Led an elective course entitled "Preserving Community Value of Ethnically Diverse Retailers" to support the Montgomery County, MD Planning Department in creating a toolkit of planning, policy, and independent retail support mechanisms that the county can consider.

Greater Detroit Area

Piloted a citywide corridor activation strategy that prioritize small business expansion, complemented by attracting national and regional brands to fulfill the retail market demand as determined by the Neighborhood Retail Opportunity Study, a project completed while at Streetsense, resulting in over 20 leases signed.Identified opportunities, developed strategies and spearheaded initiatives to increase the retail offerings through the City of Detroit, including tackling issues related to accessibility, property ownership, real estate investment, and corridor clean and safe programmingFacilitated strategic initiatives and strengthen partnerships with the Mayor’s office and other stakeholders (place-based non-profits, resource providers, universities, etc.) to ensure the success of small business and retailingCommunicated across functional segments (DEGC’s executive leadership, and Real Estate and BusinessDevelopment teams) to determine a cohesive approach to create equitable retail solutions citywide

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Streetsense is a multidisciplinary design and strategy collective providing solutions to the retail, restaurant, hospitality, and real estate sectors. Known and awarded for its collaborative ideology, Streetsense focuses on creating meaningful brands, places, and experiences.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Streetsense is a multidisciplinary design and strategy collective providing solutions to the retail, restaurant, hospitality, and real estate sectors. Known and awarded for its collaborative ideology, Streetsense focuses on creating meaningful brands, places, and experiences.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Responsible for outlining neighborhood revitalization, branding and leasing strategies by working directly with government officials, neighborhood executives and the community to create more vibrant business districts throughout the Metropolitan Cincinnati area.Conduct detailed retail analysis in five Cincinnati neighborhoods related to form-based code to suggest physical improvements and target tenants.

Cincinnati

Responsible for performing market analysis for individual economic impact studies and gathering research to aid in future planning projects and studies conducted both within and outside of the studios scope of work.Performed a land use and market analysis to determine whether proposed a renovation to a large performing arts entity, Cincinnati’s Music Hall, should be completed, which lead to the adoption of the proposal by the Music Hall Revitalization Company and the nonprofit developer, Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Completed various tasks for clients including grant administration, community engagement, data modeling and research. Provided business development support by designing and publishing marketing materials and submitting minority and disadvantage business documentation to obtain competitive contracts.Audited the Wilmington, Ohio Community Development Block Grant program’s documentation to finalize the streetscape improvements made for final submission to HUD.Provided public engagement support both in-person and online to ensure the opinions of residents were understood correctly for recommendations for Plan Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky’s Direction 2030.

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Conducted research and performed data analysis and modeling to aid in studies done throughout the Planning Department including compiling community engagement, economic and demographic data.Conducted an inventory and analysis of all Prince George’s County shopping centers over 20,000 square feet to inform residents, planners, policy officials, and the business community about retail trade.Collected various statistical data to publish a countywide report, Prince George’s Profile 2010.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Served as a project manager for the Southside Sense of Place Project, facilitating meetings with Tallahassee’s officials, landscape architecture students and general public.Provided concept and framework to revitalize the Monroe-Adams Corridor of Tallahassee resulting in an action plan adopted by the city, marketing campaign, street improvement design and implementation, the reestablishment of the Southside Business Association, community building events and on-going monthly community meetings.

Lagrange, Tx

Responsible for assisting the Technical Services Director with safety inspections, design issues and other tasks to ensure deadlines were met in the field.Assisted the Technical Service Director in solving design problems that arose within the field to contribute to the overall effectiveness and success of the department.Created a database of drawings to monitor completion, which resulted in a more accurate construction timeline.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Architecture

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association, Atlanta Club, NAACP, Presidential Ambassador, and Alpha Kappa Mu Honors.

Masters, Community Planning

Master Of Urban & Regional Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Fall 2012 Semester Study Abroad

College Preparatory

Activities and Societies: BETA Club, National Honors Society, senior class treasurer, marching band, and tennisGraduated with honors..