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Awards & Recognitions

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  • Great Places Honor Award, Heart Of the City and Nicollet Commons, Sensible Land Use Coalition, Minnesota, 2013

 

  • Stadium Village Open Space and Connectivity Plan, Minneapolis Mn, ASLA-MN Merit Award, 2012.  Role:  while with Stantec, assist  J. Slack with illustrations.

 

  • Sauk Rapids Downtown Extreme Makeover, MASLA Merit Award, 2012

 

  • Lake George Fountain, Rotary International  Significant Achievement Award, 2011-2012 

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  • Parkade, Cedar Falls, Iowa Great American Main Street and National Historic Trusts Dozen Distinctive Destinations, 2010

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  • Coldspring Granite Redevelopment Framework, ASLA- MN Merit Award, 2009

 

  • Sauk Rapids Downtown Extreme Makeover, MnAPA Honor Award, 2008

          

  • Sauk Rapids Downtown Extreme Makeover, Economic Development Assoc. of Minnesota Honor Award, 2007

 

  • Nicollet Commons, MASLA Award of Excellence, 2006

 

  • Nicollet Commons, Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association, Award of Excellence, 2005

 

  • Hubert Humphrey Memorial Design Competition, Winner, Minnesota State Capitol Campus, 2005

 

  • I-35W Burnsville Gateway Bridges, MASLA Merit Award, 2002

 

  • I-35W Burnsville Gateway Bridges, AECS  Honor Award, 2002

 

  • South Robert Street Redevelopment Strategy, West St. Paul, MN, MASLA Honor Award, 2001

 

  • Heart of the City Framework Plan, Design Standards, Guidelines, Burnsville MN, MnAPA Outstanding Project and Planning Tools Award, 2001

 

  • Heart of the City Design Framework Plan & Guidelines, Burnsville MN, MASLA Merit Award, 2000

 

  • Hidden Lakes, Golden Valley MN, MASLA Merit Award,  2000

 

  • Mankato Urban Design Guidelines, Mankato MN, MASLA Merit Award, 2000

 

  • Larpenteur Avenue Urban Design Framework Plan, MASLA Merit Award, 1997

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  • Two Rivers Historical Park, Anoka, MN, MASLA Honor Award, 1997

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  • Bismarck Downtown Plan & Urban Design Guidelines, Bismarck, ND, MASLA Honor Award, 1997

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  • Robinsdale Downtown Redevelopment Plan and Streetscape, MASLA Merit Award, 1993

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  • Downtown St. Cloud Urban Design Plan and Court House Square MASLA Honor Award, 1996

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  • Fergus Falls, MN Downtown Streetscape, MASLA Merit Award, 1993

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  • Fergus Falls, MN Downtown Revitalization Plan, MASLA Merit Award, 1991

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  • State Office Building, State Capitol Campus Master Plan and Site Design, MAIA Honor Award, 1990

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  • MASLA Certificate of Appreciation, President 1996

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  • Nicollet Island Park, Minneapolis Riverfront Park, MASLA Merit Award, 1989. Assistant Designer to Roger Martin & Marjorie Pitz

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  • Lee Square Elderly Housing, Metropolitan Council Honor Award for Site Design, Robbinsdale Minnesota, 1986

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  • Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement: University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 1978

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 Public Service:

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  • Mayors Great City Design Team, Harrison Neighborhood Charette Invited Team Member, 2007

 

  • Strategic Transit Area Review, Invited Charette Team Member, City Of Anoka, Minnesota, 2007

 

  • Minneapolis Shade Tree Committee, Member, 2006

 

  • Minneapolis Arts Commission - Gateway Advisory Board & Selection Committee, Member, 1997 to 2001

 

  • 2002 Olympics Urban Design Plan, Park City Utah, 1998. Invited designer for charette to prepare an urban design plan and strategy for the 2002 Olympics

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  • Minnesota Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Stadium Task Force - Co-Chair 1997. Established design guidelines.

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  • Minnesota Design Team - Participant in design workshops to provide cities urban revitalization plans and strategies

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  • Roseville Cornerstone Project, 1997 Invited designer for charette team

 

  • St. Louis Park Town Center, 1996. Invited designer for charette team to create an urban design master plan for a town center in this first ring suburb of Minneapolis. The plan established the framework for Excelsior & Grand, which is a regional model for urban redevelopment.

 

  • Linden Hills Mainstreet Committee, 1996 to 2001, provided design guidance for neighborhood urban village.

 

  • YMCA Camp Iduhapi, Independence, Minnesota, Board Member, 1990 to 1995 Provided pro-bono design assistance

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 Speaking Engagements

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  • ULI Young Leaders Group, Site Design 2009 to present

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  • MnAPA Conference 2010, “Sauk Rapids Extreme Makeover”

 

  • MWPA Conference, Speaker, “ Streetsmarts: Reconciling Design and Maintenance Challenges,” 2007

 

  • Quest lecturer U of M College of Urban Affairs, Fall 2003

 

  • MnAPA conference 1995 “Urban Redevelopment Strategies and Streetscapes”

 

  • International Facility Managers Association, Minneapolis MN – “Site Planning Considerations for New & Existing Facilities,” 1986

 

  • Guest critic, U of M College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

 

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Publications

  • Valued Places-Landscape Architecture in Minnesota, 2001

 

  • “Square One,” Architecture Minnesota, March/April, 2007

 

  • “Bridge to Somewhere,” Planning Magazine, November 2009

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