Recognition
Recognition
Earned certification by the National Development Council as an Economic Development Finance Professional - February, 2020
Recognition for 15 years of service as an employee of the City of Dallas - December, 2018
City of Dallas Wall of Honor - Vickery Meadow Station Area Plan
Page One - City Manager Mary K. Suhm
April, 2012
City of Dallas Wall of Honor -Vickery Meadow Station Area Plan
Page Two - Community Council of Greater Dallas
April, 2012
UNT-Dallas Area Plan
Dr. John Ellis Price, Vice Chancellor and President Designate - UNT-Dallas
December, 2009
Dallas DISD - Talented and Gifted (TAG) Program Career Forum
Bobby D. Simmons, History and Law Instructor, Townview TAG Program
September, 2012
Along with fellow City of Dallas Sustainable Development and Construction staff, I attended an annual TAG Career forum for many years. One year, a student retreat to an area camp was arranged as part of a comprehensive City Planning workshop. The City Planning workshop involved 3 days of a simulated governing exercise by TAG students who would work in teams representing citizens, elected officials or the business/building community. I helped Bobby Simmons put the City Planning workshop together, as he said my past presentations to TAG led the teachers to want to develop a team-building urban planning workshop for the TAG students. It was a great workshop, with a lot of enthusiastic students, teachers and volunteers addressing governmental and community issues which are part of the urban planning process.
Dallas Academy - Visioning Workshop
November, 2013
A visioning workshop I coordinated and led along with some fellow volunteer City of Dallas Planning Staff. The young attendees of the workshop were special needs students who have challenges with ADHD, dyslexia or other social-interaction issues which require a more supervised educational environment. The workshop was wonderful, as the students really were engaged in the visioning of land use near their school located in the White Rock Lake area of East Dallas. It was a rewarding experience for me, as I received some very kind feedback from teachers, parents and students after the workshop was held (see additional images below).
Here’s a picture of me assisting students with the hands-on visioning charrette at Dallas Academy
Source: Personal Photo - November 2013
One of the completed visioning maps being presented by Dallas Academy students. The students were quite engaged and I think really enjoyed the visioning charette.
Source: Personal Photo - November 2013
I received a wonderful packet full of thank you letters and pictures from the Dallas Academy Visioning Workshop shortly after the event which I shared with my fellow Planning co-workers at Dallas City Hall. I took the packet contents and placed them on a simple display board for our office (as shown above).
Our whole Long Range Planning team felt the event at Dallas Academy was personally and professionally rewarding. I always gain a lot of personal satisfaction in this type of community outreach, as it helps remind me of the great opportunities and rewarding insight that I have received by sharing my work experience with students, residents, business owners and concerned citizens throughout Dallas.
Published national American Planning Association Blog article I wrote about our visioning workshop at Dallas Academy in November, 2013.
