While a member of the Urban Design Studio at Cuningham Group Architecture, I played a key role in developing, designing, and writing the Holland Neighborhood Small Area Plan, which was approved by the Minneapolis City Council as an official City planning document in March 2015.

The Holland Neighborhood, located in the heart of Northeast Minneapolis, is a progressive community aspiring to find balance between celebrating the past and welcoming innovative new ideas. The Small Area Plan developed a full set of comprehensive recommendations for Holland’s built environment, guiding the community in ways to invest in and build upon the qualities and places that make their neighborhood great.

My role in the project spanned almost every part of the planning process: working closely with the neighborhood board, steering committee, and community to develop and test recommendations; putting together and giving presentations for workshops and meetings; developing graphics and drawings to communicate concepts; and laying out and writing portions of the final report.