Suzannah Stanley Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR

• Specialize in development planning for commercial, mixed use, industrial, and institutional projects.
• Perform due diligence and development feasibility research including zoning, environmental, infrastructure, and other constraints.
• Identify required procedures and phases for project approvals. Coordinate, attend, and follow up from pre-application meetings with relevant agencies.
• Create findings and application packages in support of land use entitlements (such as Design Review, Historic Resource Review, Adjustment, Conditional Use, Environmental Review, Zone Change, Property Line Adjustment)..
• Coordinate, submit, and monitor permit applications for building, site development, and Public Works permits, appeals, and exceptions.
• Prepare detailed permit fee and system development charge estimates and comparisons for specific projects as well as annual seven-jurisdiction comparisons of such fees for three hypothetical users.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Collect and analyze demographic, economic, and housing data to write housing and community development reports
• Conduct original research with public sector planners and administrators
• Create geographic maps of demographic, economic, and other data
• Design and lay out reports and other work products

• Supported President Tom Hughes with daily operations, scheduling, writing speeches and newsletters, and trip/event planning.
• Worked with agency departments, council office staff, and external stakeholders with excellent and professional customer service.

• Researched Oregon’s tax abatement tools for economic development.
• Summarized research in Strategic Investment Zone report.

• Manage email lists, conference arrangements, committee reports, and meetings.
• Keep award, conference, committee, and member records.
• Organize and assist at meetings and conferences.

• Carried out visual surveys and GIS mapping of building and sidewalk conditions in Downtown Hillsboro.
• Synthesized and presented information from extensive public involvement process for Downtown Community Plan.
• Communicated various research in map and report formats, including at public presentations.
• Created toolkit of sustainability techniques relevant to Downtown Hillsboro.
• Assisted with buildable lands inventory using GIS.

• Researched economic development strategies for downtown vitality.
• Summarized research in report formats including arts centers report and historic theaters report.
• Performed and mapped field research of Downtown Hillsboro using GIS.

• Conducted research using historical records and current data.
• Researched design review procedures of similar communities.
• Assisted with zone change and annexation notifications.
• Organized update of sensitive lands and natural resources inventory.

Mcrp, Mpa, Master'S In Community And Regional Planning, Master'S In Public Administration

Ba, Planning Public Policy And Management, Business Administration Minor

Magna Cum Laude and departmental honors for undergraduate thesis