recent LECTURES
Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit, Madison, NJ. May 2018. “Creating Community Spaces with Green Stormwater Infrastructure.”
American Planning Association National Planning Conference, New Orleans, LA. April 2018. “Aligning Consent Orders and Community Needs.”
Smart Growth America’s LOCUS Leadership Summit, Washington DC. April 2018. “Leveraging the Civic Commons to Rebuild America’s Neighborhoods.”
Detroit City of Design Summit, Detroit, MI. September 2017. “Designing Cities that Work for People” (host).
Civic Commons Studio: The Initial Lessons, Akron, OH. September 2017. “CoLab as Neighborhood Civic Engagement & Collaboration Hub.”
Association for Community Design, Dallas, TX. June 2017. “Community Design + City Government: Lessons for Meaningful Partnerships.”
Building Voices Symposium, Honolulu, HI. April 2017. “Synchopating the Urban Landscape: Detroit Collaborative Design Center” (keynote) & “Placemaking* and Policy.”
select WRITINGS, exhibits + references
Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies, edited by Lisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell, expected 2018.
“Detroit Design 139,” exhibition showcasing design excellence in the City of Detroit including select DCDC projects, 2017.
“By the People: Designing a Better America,” Detroit Works Project Long Term Planning Civic Engagement, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, 2016-2017.
“Moving Forward Together: Engagement in Community Design and Development,” Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies and Critical Issues, 2015 (co-authored with Dan Pitera).
“Ecodistrict Initiatives in Cleveland and Detroit” & “Federal Reserve-Philanthropy Initiative: Detroit Edition,” TFN Blog. The Funders’ Network for Smart Growth, January-April 2015 (author).
“9 Women Who Are Rocking Public Interest Design,” Rennie Jones, Architizer, 2014.