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.  It started in July with the first civic hackathon, out of which came two winning apps, OpenBike and EndPoint.  Following the hackathon, regular meetups began and in September when the group became an official Code for America Brigade, [...]

New! Colorado Code for Communities

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 [...]

Brainstorm Anywhere: web software for large group brainstorming

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 [...]

New! Denver Transit Oriented Development Photosimulation

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).  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.  These images were part of the [...]

Moving Francisville Forward: a blueprint for the future

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 [...]

New! Metropolitan Area Planning Council Site Redesign

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.

New! North Delaware Transit Plan
Colorado Code for Communities
Brainstorm Anywhere: web software for large group brainstorming
Denver Transit Oriented Development Photosimulation
Moving Francisville Forward: a blueprint for the future
Metropolitan Area Planning Council Site Redesign
North Delaware Transit Plan