March 11, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
If I thought news spread like wildfire for the November 12, 2024 Planning Commission meeting, I was surely not prepared for how much public input the Planning Commission would receive when the controversial Concept Plan returned for the second public hearing. I will give credit where credit is due, when the people of Jefferson County…
November 12th, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about public input in the Urban Planning process while working at Jefferson County, it’s that news will spread like wildfire, and that is when you can see a real sense of community. The establishment of the Mountain Pure Bottling Facility was the first site plan application that came in…
October 24th, 2024 Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting
One major aspect since starting my position as Planning & Zoning Clerk for Jefferson County, West Virginia is being in an administrative role for both monthly Planning Commission meetings and Board of Zoning Appeals meetings. Click each of the images to see my work! One notable meeting in my time at Jefferson County was the…
Using ArcGIS Urban to Demonstrate Solutions to Affordable Housing in Newark, New Jersey
To model one of the pillars of a smart city strategy, planning and engineering, it is possible to use ArcGIS Urban to model the impact of future plans in order to create better decisions regarding the physical structure of our cities. Looking at Newark, New Jersey, a city that notoriously has high rent prices with…
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