Constance Denise Strother Email & Phone Number

United States

• Recruit and supervise volunteers to implement a newly designed consignment shop in an under-served community
• Manage contractors and interns from Buffalo State College
• Worked on the Broadway Fillmore District complete street redesign, which included installing new street banners to bring about a positive focus on the community streetscape
• Develop the scope, schedule, and budgets for new initiatives
• Collaborate with local city officials and businesses to solicit donations and public funds
• Write grant proposals, including a memo proposal for a community garden and playground on city-owned land for children in an area without access to city parks

• Serve as president for a grassroots organization founded by master gardeners seeking to promote and maintain gardens in East Buffalo
• Showcase local gardens, including vegetable, floral, community, and theme gardens
• Responsible for securing government funding and soliciting donations from private donors
• Increased the number of gardens from 42 to 62 through networking, speaking engagements, and collaboration with other organizations
• Provide training and guidance to volunteers

• Serve as VP for a local grassroots organization founded by local artists to promote local artist contracts for city murals
• Source local artists to paint murals in the city that honor black heritage and the region’s connection to the Underground Railroad
• WNY-UAC was the driving force behind promoting local artist contracts with local galleries and the Niagara Frontier Transport Authority for painting of the Freedom Wall
• Oversaw approval of and transition to 501(c)3 status
• Present project and company status to the board of directors on a regular basis

Crucial Community Center

Lancaster, New York

• Assist designers, builders, and clients with tile selection for kitchen backsplashes, bathrooms, laundry rooms, mudrooms, and outdoor kitchens

• Assisted residential and commercial clients with space planning and design decisions

• Restocked the selling floor.
• Processed all new in-coming merchandise and stocked back of house and fill-ins
• Prepared store for inventory every 6 months
• Trained new holiday help on back of house procedures for the holiday season
• Created merchandising the displays throughtout the store

• Coordinated travel and housing for production designers, actors, and directors
• Served as a liaison between studio management and artists
• Worked as an personal assistant for all guest and design management teams

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: G.S.A. 2015-2018 APA Member 2015-present AICP Candidate Program 2018 ASID Member 2009-present

Summer Study Aboard Program, Evolution Of The Built Environment In Estonia And The Balitc States (Tallinn & Tartu, Estonia)

• Studied abroad in Estonia for a month to learn and understand their urban and rural planning • Aimed at demonstrating alternative.

Bfa, Interior Design

Activities and Societies: • Villa Maria College Alumni • Interior Design Club • Arden Block Club • Phi Theta Kappa • Honor Society

Applied Associate Science, Interior Design

Activities and Societies: • Orientation Leader for new in coming students, 2009-2013 • Leadership Seminar Training Program, 2011 •.

Associate In Applied Science, Fashion Design/Pattern Making

Activities and Societies: • Annual Student Designer in the Soul Fashion Show 89,90,91 and 1992 • Designer of the Year award, 1992