Allison Kay is a Senior Planner with the City of Bryan. She has been with the City for almost 7 years, and also currently serves as the Director-Elect, and has previously served as the Secretary, for the American Planning Association – Texas Chapter’s Central Section. In addition to her role …
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Allison Kay is a Senior Planner with the City of Bryan. She has been with the City for almost 7 years, and also currently serves as the Director-Elect, and has previously served as the Secretary, for the American Planning Association – Texas Chapter’s Central Section. In addition to her role as a Senior Planner, Allison also serves as the Staff Liaison to the City of Bryan Historic Landmark Commission. Finding her calling in historic preservation, she wrote the City’s updated 2023 Historic Preservation Plan which focuses on preserving Bryan’s cultural history and untold stories with an emphasis on continual community engagement. Allison holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a minor in Geography from Texas A&M University, a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences from Texas A&M University, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
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Lauren Garrott is a Community Development Strategist at Pillars Development. Prior to Pillars she worked in park planning, urban planning, and served as a DOI/VISTA in Kansas City. She graduated from Kansas State University with a master’s degree in Regional and Community Planning. Her master’s research focused on creating opportunities …
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Lauren Garrott is a Community Development Strategist at Pillars Development. Prior to Pillars she worked in park planning, urban planning, and served as a DOI/VISTA in Kansas City. She graduated from Kansas State University with a master’s degree in Regional and Community Planning. Her master’s research focused on creating opportunities for African American women to be physically active in parks. She received the Marsha Ritzdorf Award for Best Student Work on Diversity, Social Justice and the Role of Women in Planning in 2014. She received the award for Advancing Diversity and Social Change from the Central Section of the Texas Chapter of APA in 2022. Lauren is an active member of the Texas Chapter of APA EDI Committee. She has actively participated in programs with the Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, International Association of Public Participation. Natural Leaders Network, and North American Association for Environmental Education. She is passionate about authentic community engagement, working with seldom heard groups, and connecting people to nature.
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Carol D. Barrett, FAICP, has more than four decades of planning experience including 15 years in Central Texas working for Austin as the lead for the newly established Neighborhood Planning Program and in San Marcos as the Director of Planning and Development Services. Her last full-time planning position was in …
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Carol D. Barrett, FAICP, has more than four decades of planning experience including 15 years in Central Texas working for Austin as the lead for the newly established Neighborhood Planning Program and in San Marcos as the Director of Planning and Development Services. Her last full-time planning position was in Burbank, CA where she directed land use and transportation matters. She has also worked as a planning consultant, most recently focused on development streamlining. Currently the Secretary of the Texas Chapter, she is a past President of the Texas Chapter as well as a past member of the APA Board of Directors. In 1999, she was part of the inaugural class of the Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She recently served on the Task Force that proposed revisions to the AICP Code of Ethics which were adopted in 2021. She is now a member of the AICP Ethics Committee. Carol is currently writing a PAS Memo focused on implementing the new ACIP Code. She is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of ethics in planning. In 2019, she chaired the Rockport Community Planning Assistance Team funded by the American Planning Association.
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