While an Urban Designer for Cuningham Group, I worked on a Master Plan for Chaplain Schmitt Island, a city-owned island in the Mississippi River near downtown Dubuque, Iowa. Making sense of the unrelated uses that developed on the island over the time, as well as weaving in exciting new opportunities for recreation and development, the Plan reveals a long-term vision for the site and guides the city as it opens up this unique site to the market for the first time.

My role in the project included all aspects of a Master Plan project, such as working closely with regulating agencies to understand the complexities of a site on the Mississippi River; conducting site analysis and helping to identify site goals; chatting one-on-one with Dubuque residents to understand their needs and concerns; illustrating the final plan design as well as three additional options for a critical portion of the site; and writing and laying out portions of the final report.