PW Division Planning Journal 5 September
2005
What’s on
the minds of your fellow "Planning and Women Division, APA" members? Thanks to Pattsi for sparking some
conversation, here are some interesting responses to the following
thought-provoking questions:
For an evening of conversation, who of
your favorite architects, planners, or landscape architects would you invite?
You can travel to any place in the world. Where would you go and
why?
Book read or movie seen in the last 12 months that has generated a
paradigm change in your thinking?
The respondent’s initials
appear after each response.
Get to know that member in
the second section of this e-mail, below.
-Regina Rega
Electronic Newsletter Editor
EVENING OF
CONVERSATION
Olmstead and Robert Moses,
my dinner table together – JB
William H. Whyte, Alex Garvin,
Ed Logue, John Nolen, Clarence Stein, Catherine Bauer Wurster And Edith Elmer
Wood! - ELB
Burnham, Olmstead. They
were often self-made men who didn't have the benefit
of formal educations but were so well rounded and drive. – MKM
I would enjoy spending an
evening with friends, faculty and colleagues from UNO and UF: Jane Brooks,
FAICP; Peggy Carr, ASLA, Susan Edmunds, AIA, and Dr.
Joyce Levine, AICP.
Robert A.M. Stern,
Elizabeth Plater Zyberk and William McDonough – KWP
Frank Lloyd Wright and
Daniel Burnham – SJ
Donald Appleyard, Jane
Jacobs and Tony Nelessen - CH
Some local planners and
green architects I enjoy talking to about pursuing green neighborhood
revitalization strategies – AM
Frank Lloyd Wright – JN
The dead ones...like John
Lyle, or William Whyte – RB
Ray Gindroz AIA, Principal
Urban Design Associates; Mike Brooks FAICP Retired professor Virginia
Commonwealth University; Weiping Wu AICP professor at VCU; Efrain Recinos,
Guatemalan Architect - IR
TRAVEL
ANYWHERE
Tuscany, at a different
time the Middle East – JB
Asia (Visit all the
burgeoning cities and try to figure out where the world's urban growth as
projected will fit) - ELB
My back
yard. I have a
view that matches any in Tuscany - MKM
Curitaba, Brazil, since the
city design is recognized for sustainability – KWP
Canadian Rockies, Alberta
and British Columbia (have done a fairly good job in protecting its
environment) – SJ
Africa or South America, to
see the people and the wildlife before they become globalized – CH
Italy, it's
gorgeous, the climate is wonderful, the colors, the architecture... I am also
curious to go to India sometime – AM
Southern France - because I
love wine and would have a fantastic time taking in the sights and tasting the
fabulous flavors of French vineyards. Did I mention I LOVE wine? - HSA
Paris, I know it by heart
and I will go there again and again and never be tired
of it – JN
Kenya...I was born in
Nigeria and love the continent of Africa...good people and beautiful landscape
- RB
China’s Forbidden City and the Grand Wall. To explore non-western cities and try to learn to appreciate other
ways of life and other cultures. - IR
MIND-ALTERING
READINGS
It’s My Party Too by Christie Todd Whitman - JB
Tom Friedman's The World Is Flat – ELB
Dauncey, Guy with Patrick
Mazza. 2001. Stormy Weather, 101 Solutions to Global
Climate Change. British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers. -
KWP
Daniel Patrick Moynihan's
book Pandaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics (1993) - KWP
Motorcycle Dairies, Che, of course, I also read
Harry Potter this summer along with my two kids and husband – CH
Confronting Suburban
Decline, by William
Lucy and David Phillips, is an excellent book with lots of good data on the
challenges faced by older suburbs. Another good book is Sharing America's
Neighborhoods by Ingrid Gould Ellen - AM
Melville's Billy Budd -
JN
Motherless Daughters (book), Crash (movie) – RB
Spellbound (documentary): The movie reminded
me that working very hard trying to achieve something that is very difficult
(become the national champion on the spelling contest), has a great benefit,
even if one does not get there in first place. It found it very entertaining
and fun to watch with the family. - IR
GET TO KNOW YOUR
FELLOW MEMBERS
Did you know that some of
your fellow members:
Thanks to these members who shared their insights as seen in the lists
above, and responded below to the following two questions:
1. Tell us about your job
or graduate school or both if you are working and going to school.
2. What is the most interesting aspect about you that will help the division
membership know you better?
JB - Judy Breselor
*Division Liaison – New York Upstate*
Stepped down from a very
interesting position this past year to catch my breath and take a break.
Presently, I am doing transportation planning for the county
which includes trying to work with communities on developing a county
wide trail system.
I had a major career change
in my mid forties. After attending classes for 7 years part-time
I completed my B.A. in public policy when I was 45. I went to graduate school
full-time finishing at 47. I feel like my former life is a book I had read
along time ago and wonder what ever happened to that character.
ELB - Eugenie L. Birch
Faicp
Department Of City And Regional Planning
School Of Design
University Of Pennsylvania
128 Meyerson Hall
Philadelphia Pa 19104-6311
I am professor and chair of
the department of city and regional planning at penn
My interest in planning
history
MKM - Marilyn K. Miller,
AICP
I am the Deputy Community
Development Director/City Planner for the City of Thousand Oaks, Califiornia.
T.O. is a suburban city of about 128,000 people dealing with the development
pressure of the Los Angeles area. It is a relatively wealthy and educated
community. I manage the Planning Commission, curent planning, long range planning, and special projects. I am just
starting a Masters in Public Policy and Administration at California Lutheran
University.
I play the piano and paint.
KWP - Kathleen Walston
Pagan, AICP
Senior Planner
Alachua County Dept. of
Growth Management
10-SW 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor
Gainesville, FL 32601-6294
(352) 374-5249 Phone
I work at Alachua County
Growth Management, Comprehensive Plan Division, where I do planning work
related to the Comprehensive Plan, Local Mitigation Strategy, Land Development
Regulations, and planning for the Old Florida Heritage Highway (a Florida Scenic
Byway).
I have a
Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida
(1980) and have completed a coursework and the qualifying exam at University of
New Orleans at the College of Urban and Public Affairs. I am working on a dissertation
concerning the impact of suburbanization on natural preserves.
I am an Associate Member of
the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni (I studied the
New Deal agency for my Master’s thesis) and belong to the Society of American
City and Regional Planning History.
SJ - Susan Jones
susanej@lava.net
Live in Hawaii
My jobs after getting a
Masters degree in planning (focus on community services planning) was first a
program officer for an organization that was bringing together homeless service
providers and government agencies to develop appropriate policies and plans
that would be coordinated with each other. Next I
worked as a program officer for a community foundation (which has a Women's
Fund, among many others) for 11 years. My work was focused on developing
grantmaking programs for education (another degree focus) and staffing
committees/boards who made funding decisions.
Now I am a consultant,
primarily for nonprofit organizations - mostly helping them to plan for new
projects and programs, and have written a proposal to the Feds for a Hawaii
State department. I also help with strategic planning, and training of
nonprofit board members. And I sit on the program
committee of the Women's Fund, which is focused on developing funding programs
and creating reports and/or having gatherings to support issues being faced by
women. I also sit on an advisory board for another foundation's special
interest in programs that serve young children. And I
am a board member of an organization that promotes intergenerational
activities, which among other things is taking elders from Hawaii to Japan to
develop intergenerational programs in preschools.
When I was three my mother began working full time and I stayed with an elderly family
friend during the day, who had a rooming house for elderly women. As you can
imagine, I was loved beyond measure and I learned a
great deal from their wisdom of lifetime experiences. Hopefully
my gift to them was to remind them that the world was fun and exciting, and
that they were respected and loved. I had my own intergenerational program
before it was even thought about.
CH - Cynthia Hoyle, AICP
2207 S. Cottage Grove
Urbana, IL 61801
217-328-5641
I do consulting work with
the local transit district to promote multi-modal transportation and
development.
My first job after planning
graduate school was working as a field organizer for the ERA Campaign in
Oklahoma, my native state.
AM - Amy Menzer
urban.aim@verizon.net
I was working for a
Baltimore nonprofit, Citizens Planning and Housing Association, doing advocacy
on transportation and housing policy issues in the region. Getting funding to
support our work was a constant challenge (despite all the hype in the planning
and academic literature on the need for regional approaches) and while working,
I wasn't taking the time to finish my Ph.D. So, now I am focused on the dissertation full time, which is about
what smart growth means for an older suburb in the Baltimore region: the
Essex-Middle River area, and the challenges and opportunities of various
revitalization strategies pursued there over the last 5 years, and the
limitations of these strategies too (like the need for affordable housing
throughout the region, so it isn't concentrated in older suburbs). Not sure what my next step is career-wise. Suggestions?
I am a process junkie but
because I'm aware of this, I try to keep myself in
check when involved in various projects or volunteer activities. I really want
to be an architect but never want to have to design a suburban office park.
HSA - Heather S. Arroyo
hsarroyo@usc.edu
Office Manager: Zieba
Builders, Inc. - Long Beach, CA
Student: University of
Southern California - Los Angeles, CA
JN - Jeantine Nazar
jeantinen@yahoo.com
I have a
degree from Paris and another from Pomona in Urban Planning and worked
extremely hard to understand the complicated differences between Planning in
Europe and in
the US But lately, after eight years of hard work, I found that I should spend
more time networking and finding the right people than just studying! That's simple to understand hmmmm...
I was discriminated over and over when it came to choosing planning as
profession and thanks to those who did it. They made me who I am which is what
I could not be by myself.
RB - Renee Bartnik
rbartnik@bh-ba.com
I am project manager for
Buchart Horn work in their Nashville office and also
do sales.
I lived and worked around
North America and Europe.
IR - Irayda Ruiz, AICP
Senior City Planner
City of Hampton
One Franklin Street, Suite
603
Hampton, Virginia 23669
Office:(757) 728-5229
Fax: (757) 728-2449
I work as Senior Planner at
the Planning Department of the City of Hampton. I have been
charged to work with a national consultants’ firm to oversee the
development of two Master Plans: Downtown Hampton and Kecoughtan Corridor. Both
are strategic investment areas that the City is trying to revitalize and
redevelop. A significant amount of citizen’s involvement has copulated with the
challenges of being a 90% developed matured city in a very stressful fiscal
environment.
Hampton is a very diverse
community, with a long history of racial tensions and a significant influx of
military families coming from oversees and elsewhere in the country. I believe
that the long term sustainability and quality of life
in the City depends in many ways on how successful we are in coming together as
a community and work to achieve common goals.
I got my Master’s in Urban
and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002, a degree
in Architecture from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala in 1996 and
Post-graduate Diploma Negotiation & Peaceful Conflict Resolution, from the
Central American University Superior Council in 1998.
I’m very interested in issues related
to multicultural and interethnic relationships and how they manifest themselves
in cities. I have decided to become and advocate for a more inclusive
profession and more inclusive city planning.
I’m an active member of the Latino
Community Dialog of Hampton Roads, Virginia and I currently serve as a liaison
between the Planning Department and the Citizens Unity Commission for the City
of Hampton.
I’m a founder and co-chair of the newly
created Committee for Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of the Virginia Chapter of
APA.
I co-authored several books
and articles including. "The Moving Border, Temporary Migrations in the
Mexican-Guatemalan Border" (1997) and "Homes for the Widows of the
Civil War in Guatemala" (1998) and "the Victorian Style: Housing in
the Banana Plantations in Guatemala"(1995).
Other research projects
include "Urban Indicators at sub city level in Guatemala City and
Shanghai" sponsored by University Consortium for Geographic Information
Science (UCGIS) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2000.
And the "Richmond Urban Indicators Project"
sponsored by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) 2001.
In 1996
I was given the National Award for the Best Thesis of the Year by the
Guatemalan Society of Architects. My study analyzes the impact on future urban
growth in the City of Esquipulas, which was designated
as the host of the Central American Parliament.
I was born in Guatemala City, I worked as a professor of design methods at the
school of Architecture of the University of San Carlos and conducted
independent research for few years until I move to the US in 1999. I’m the mother of a 9 year-old son and live with my husband
Marco, in our home in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Regina Rega, MPDS
>>Highlighting Women Planners<<
for Planning and Women Division, American Planning Association
E-mail: planningjournal@rickengineering.com
Direct: (619) 908-3528
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