Colorado Code for Communities
- Company:
- PlaceMatters
- Deliverables:
- website, regular meetups
Colorado Code for Communities is an initiative I’ve led as Director of the Decision Lab at PlaceMatters. Â It started in July with the first civic hackathon, out of which came two winning apps, OpenBike and EndPoint. Â Following the hackathon, regular meetups began and in September when the group became an official Code for America Brigade, [...]
Brainstorm Anywhere: web software for large group brainstorming
- Client:
- PlaceMatters
- Company:
- PlaceMatters
- Deliverables:
- web application
I am the lead developer of Brainstorm Anywhere at PlaceMatters to help us carry out large group decision-making and brainstorming. Brainstorm Anywhere allows us to hold large meetings and move toward consensus easier by providing easy polling support, reporting functionality, and data mining. I am building Brainstorm Anywhere in Codeigniter, a PHP MVC framework, and hosting [...]
Denver Transit Oriented Development Photosimulation
- Client:
- City of Denver
- Company:
- PlaceMatters
- Deliverables:
- photo simulations of two transit developments
Denver has gone through many changes recently around Transit Oriented Development.  As FastTracks builds out into existing communities, planners need to help current businesses and residents understand ways in which future development could be affected by planning and market factors.  I developed these illustrative photo simulations based on recommended height and setback requirements for two transit [...]
Moving Francisville Forward: a blueprint for the future
- Client:
- Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation; People For People, Inc.
- Company:
- Interface Studio
- Deliverables:
- photo simulation
In 2006, I worked on the tail end of a plan being produced by Interface Studio in Philadelphia for the Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation (FNDC). Â For the plan, I produced a photo-simulation for a community garden to show how a vacant lot could be transformed into a community asset. Â These images were part of the [...]
Metropolitan Area Planning Council Site Redesign
- Client:
- Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Company:
- PlaceMatters
- Deliverables:
- website
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council hired PlaceMatters to help carry out a site redesign. Based on designs and templates provided by the client, I cut them up into a functional content management website that allows them to create and approve content from staff. The platform was developed on Drupal 6, allowing them to later update the [...]
North Delaware Transit Plan
- Client:
- City of Philadelphia
- Company:
- Interface Studio
- Deliverables:
- final plan, analysis, gis
In 2006-2007, I worked at Interface Studio in Philadelphia on the North Delaware Transit Plan.  Interface Studio developed the plan around the R7 Septa corridor and involved studying 5 station areas in terms of demographics, history, accessibility and commuter behavior. I provided support in research, GIS and mapping, and graphics.
