Planning With Data - What to Look at, How to Share it

Session 2D | Wednesday | 4:15 – 5:30 PM (PT)

About the Session

Learn about tools and data sources available already to do your Comprehensive Plan, and the stories they tell, through a case study of Snohomish City. Hear from planning director Brooke Eidem about how to turn these data into a successful Comprehensive Plan that you look back on with pride, instead of trying to hide. And finally hear from Brooke's boss, Mayor Linda Redmon, on how to successfully engage with community and elected leadership when the Comprehensive Plan says there is some heavy lifting to do.

About the Speakers

Brooke Eidem, AICP

Planning and Development Services Director, City of Snohomish

Brooke Eidem is Planning Director for the City of Snohomish. She has worked for the City for over 15 years, starting at the permit counter and working her way up the planning ladder. She got her BS in Urban Planning from Arizona State University, and also has a certificate in GIS. She has two kids and likes to quilt in whatever spare time she can find.

Chris J Collier

Housing Authority of Snohomish County

Chris Collier is a Washington State native. He received his BS in Information Technology from Central Washington University and a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College. In large part thanks to his work at NASA with the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and later working for Governor Inslee in constituent services, he has lived far and wide from Washington DC to Texas, Arizona to Olympia, and all points in between, including time overseas. He has lived north of Lynnwood with his wife and two sons since 2016.

Linda Redmon

City of Snohomish

Mayor Linda Redmon is a former councilmember and first-time elected mayor of the City of Snohomish. She has lived in urban, suburban, and rural areas in King, Kitsap, and Snohomish County in Washington, and Southern, Central, and Northern California. She is a reluctant politician who really enjoys discussing land use and loves a good data bomb.

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