Session Presentations 

 

Session Presentations 

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 Session Presentations
Session 1
1A | Key Downtown Revitalization Strategies: Local Successes

Leonard Bauer, Darby Galligan, Spencer Gardner, Rosa Pulido

1B | Finding Our North Star: Skagit County’s Call to Action on Housing
Policy
Robby Eckroth, Stacie Pratschner, Ryan Walters

 

1C | Working Waterfronts and the GMA: Why Every Planner Should
Know Their Port Districts 
Ryan Medlen, Geraldine Poor, James R. Weaver, Deirdre Wilson

 

1D | What Does the New TOD Bill Do??
Dave Andersen, Chad Eiken, Anne Fritzel, Liz Underwood-Bultmann

 

1E | Muddling Through the Middle: Lessons Learned and What’s Next
Kristen Holdsworth, Emily Pressprich, DéJai Mitchell, Rebecca Samy

 
Session 2 Breakouts

2A | Applying an Equity and Trauma-Informed Engagement
Framework - Case Study: South Tacoma Neighborhood Plan 
Lauren Hoogkamer, Anneka Olson, Alejandra Villeda, Perlita Payne,
Alicia Klein

 

2B | Developing Tree Codes that Address Planning Challenges – A Tale
of Two Cities 
Alex Capron, Katy Crandall, Kristina Gallant, Nick Whipple

 

2C | Innovative Finance for Resilient Communities 
Jeff Arango, Ben Rankin, Kate Smith

 

2D | Zoning, Housing, and Habitat: Ground-Breaking Geospatial Tools
for Planning Washington’s Future 
Rachel Miller, Tara Newman, Ian Crozier, Tammi Laninga, Chang Xu, Ken
Muir

 

2E | New Housing Requirements: What Have We Gotten Ourselves Into
Laura Hodgson, Lilith Vespier, Tanner Fuller, Nick Bond, Salina Lyons


 
Session 3 Breakouts

3A | Embedded Planning Praxis Workshop: From Concept to Practice
in Washington 
Jonathan Pacheco Bell

 

3B | Planning Through the Black Mirror 
Bianca Popescu, David Wasserman

 

3C | Community First: Centering Community Voices in Technical
Assessments Before Climate and Environmental Planning Begins
Mary Ann Rozance, Consuelo Crow, KayCee Downey, Rebecca
Hollender, Stefanie Hindmarch, Alyssa Rodriguez, Jewel Shepherd


 

3D | Co-living and HB 1998: Affordable Housing without Public
Subsidy 
Anthony Avery, Ian Crozier, Angela Rozmyn, David Neiman, Katrina
Romatowski

 

3E | Legislative Updates: The Corner Store and Parking No More
Tirrell Black, Scott Bonjukian, Elizabeth Erickson, Drew Pollom

 

The Short Course on Local Planning
Dave Andersen, Stacie Pratschner, Darren Carnell

 

[Offsite] Mobile Workshop 1: From Neighborhood
Vision to Implementation: McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan

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Session 4 Breakouts

4A | NEPA Waves: Steering Affordable Housing Development Through
Uncertainty 
Fareeha Kibriya, Brent Schleck, Kathalyn Tung-Goodblatt

 

4B | New Methods to Prioritize Park System Investment 
Jonathan Garner, Joseph Gellings, Laura Wolfe

 

4C | Defining Legacy: Rural Character Through a Stewardship Lens
Lexine Long, Ben Serr, Deanah Watson

 

4D | SB 5412: SEPA Residential Infill Exemptions and Navigating the
Adoption Process 
Tirrell Black, Jessica Brackin, Beckye Frey, Lisa Grueter, Cole Kopca,
Maan Sidhu

 

4E | A Middle Housing Playbook: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
Brad Barnett, Heidi Oien, Adam Weinstein, Brian Boudet, Christy Osborn

 
Session 5 Breakouts

5A | Housing Solutions in Action: Peninsula P-Towns Overcoming
Housing Barriers 
Ben Braudrick, Nikole Coleman, Renata Munfrada

 

5B | Perilous Pilots, Courageous Cycle Tracks, and Greenways Gone
Sideways: Lessons Learned from Implementing Bikeways 
Michael Hintze, Victoria Kovacs, Joel Pfundt

 
5C | Advancing Equity in Planning through Public Health Partnerships

Addison Houston, Corrina Marote

 
5D | Integrating SEPA Compliance with Long-Range Planning Processes
Spencer Easton, Sharese Graham, Jae Hill
    
5E | From Plan to Partnership: Public Sector Innovation in Shaping

Development Outcomes 
Tyler Bump, Trang Lam, Patrick Quinton, Allison Zike

 
Session 6 Breakouts

6A | Bold Advocacy Balanced with Smart Implementation
Chris Comeau, Brett Schock, Michelle Swanson

 

6B | Resilience at the Intersection of Growth, Conservation, and
Infrastructure Funding
Morgan Shook, Angela San Filippo, Nick Bratton, Liz Stead

 

6C | Learning from California’s Eaton and Palisades Fires
Marissa Aho

 

6D | Building the (Will) Power for a Clean Energy Future: Strategies for
Integrating Emerging Technologies Locally
Nora Hawkins, Jim Anderson-Cook, Valerie Smith, Josh Adams, Kathalyn
Tung-Goodblatt

 

6E | Career Lessons from Planning Survivors
Steve Butler, Allan Giffen, Barbara Mock, Mark Kulaas, Shane Hope

 
Session 7 Breakouts

7A | Transforming Vacant Spaces: Innovative Approaches to
Redevelopment and Community Revitalization in Washington State
Garrett Johnson, Judy Jones, Gregory Davis, Camille Gipaya

 
7B | Your Voice in Olympia: Workshop to Develop APA WA’s Legislative

Strategy
Robin Proebsting, Joe Tovar

 
7C | Equity in the Built Environment: Community Collaboration for

Inclusive and Universal Design
Lauren Alpert, Jonathan den Haan, Beckye Frey, Carli Hoki, Colin Morgan-
Cross

 
7D | Lessons Learned from 20 Tiny House Villages and Outcomes

Gary Keister, Sharon Lee, Ralph Neis

    

7E | Growing Together: Tacoma's Middle Housing & Urban Forest
Brian Boudet, Mike Carey, Heidi Oien, Alyssa Torrez

 
Session 8 Breakouts

8B | The Model Code Partnership: A Bold, Interjurisdictional Approach
to TOD Planning 
Karl Almgren, Miranda Redinger, Matthew Siddons, Yorik Stevens-Wajda

 

8C | Better Housing Outcomes from State and County Mandates:
Incorporating Affordability Mechanisms in Middle Housing 
Ian Lefcourte, Joyce Phillips, David Pyle

 

8D | How Young People are Shaping Our Communities: Youth
Engagement in the Planning Process 
Mar Sanchez Castillo, Maraea O’Connor, Jane Zhao, Carrie Wilhelme

 

8E | Co-Creation and Collaboration: Advancing Meaningful Engagement
with Community-Based Organizations 
Michael Burnham, Ananda Gordon-Peabody, Guillermo Rivera,
Lauren Alpert

 
Session 9 Breakouts

9A | A Case Study in Meeting the New Environmental Justice
Requirements of HB1181 
Ben Duncan, Jenna Kay, Amy Koski, Almendra Velazquez

 
9B | Roles Reversed: Can You Answer Your Own Outreach Questions?

Jasmine Beverly, Rachel Miller, Sydney Weisman

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9C | First Forty Feet 

Will Grimm, Jason Graf, Michael Walker, Ryan Lopossa

 

9D | Community-Base Behavioral Health Facilities and EPFs: What You
Need to Know 
Kristen Holdsworth, Lindsay Walker, Em Stone

 

9E | Ethics Cases of the Year
Steve Butler, Paul Inghram, Karen Wolf

 
Plan Slam Session Presentations

Linsey Fields

Matt Hutchins

Chiranjay Shah & Johannes Heyl

Happy by Design

Rachel Johnson