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Professional Credentials Larson Fisher Associates Jill Fisher, AICP 845-679-5054 jillfisher47@hotmail.com Neil Larson Professional Credentials professional affiliations • comprehensive, strategic, corridor & visionary plans • urban design • specialized projects & studies • grant writing & fundraising • facilitation & presentations • publications RESUME EDUCATION MUP School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI 1984 University Fellow; Research Assistant for the Center for Urban Research; American Institute of Certified Planners Student Award (selected by UWM Urban Planning Faculty) BS College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1982 Urban Studies Major/Architecture Minor; Norway Reciprocal Exchange Scholarship to University of Trondheim Norway (1979-80) AID Associate of Interior Design, Alexandria Area Technical Institute, Alexandria, MN 1974 WORK HISTORY 2001 - present Co-owner & Principal Planner, Larson Fisher Associates, Inc. consulting business specializing in historic preservation, planning, architecture and museum services 2004 Adjunct Lecturer, Geography and Planning Department, University at Albany, NY 1999 - 2000 Byways Resource Specialist, National Scenic Byways Resource Center, Duluth, MN; providing technical assistance to byway organizations, DOTs & communities in 17 states 1997 - 1999 Adjunct Professor, Geography Department, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN Instructor for the Upper Division Course "Urban & Regional Planning" 1998 - 1999 Interim Planning Director, Physical Planning Division, City of Duluth, MN 1988 - 1998 Senior Planner, Physical Planning Division, City of Duluth, MN; served as primary staff to the Downtown Waterfront Mixed Use - Design Review Committee, the Duluth Heritage Preservation Commission, and the Vision 2001 Steering and Implementation Committees 1986-1988 Project Planner, Planning Department, City of Minnetonka, MN; served as staff to the City Planning Commission, and Board of Zoning Appeals 1984 - 1986 Planner and Zoning Administrator, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, St. Paul, MN top PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Certified Planners, inducted 1988 American Planning Association, 1981-present; Capital District Planning Association, NY, 2001 - present Commission for Civic Design, Town of Woodstock, NY, 2001 - present; Chair 2002 - present Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association, 1984 - 2000; Served as Chapter President (1999-2000), Chapter Vice President (1997-1998) and Northern District Representative (1990-1996); host for 1991 APA State Planning Conference in Duluth, MN; host for 2000 APA Upper Midwest Planning Conference in Duluth Metro Division of New York Chapter of the American Planning Association, 2000 - present Vernacular Architecture Forum, Washington, D.C., 2000 - present National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1996 - present Preservation League of New York State, 2001-present MAJOR PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STUDIES, REPORTS, PROJECTS, PRESENTATIONS, &PUBLICATIONS top Comprehensive, Strategic, Corridor & Visioning Plans Initiated a Comprehensive Planning process for the City of Duluth, based on the recommendations of the 2001 and Beyond Visioning Project for Duluth; 1998. 2001 and Beyond Visioning Project for Duluth, MN; 1994 - 98. Included development of the process and staffing the Steering Committee, four Subcommittees (Recreation, Economic Strengthening, Environment, and Arts and Culture) and the Implementation Committee; writing up findings and final text. Old Downtown Strategic Plan, Duluth, MN; 1995. I-394 Corridor Study, City of Minnetonka, MN; 1987. Updated sections of the Mequon Comprehensive Plan, City of Mequon, WI; 1983-84. top Urban Design Principal author of The Downtown Waterfront Mixed Use - Design Review District Ordinance for the City of Duluth, MN; 1989. Revised Minnetonka Sign Regulations, City of Minnetonka, MN; 1986. "Competition Conditions and The Urban Design Framework, Stage One," Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, St. Paul, MN; 1986. "The Minnesota Judicial Building Competition Program," Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, St. Paul, MN; 1985. top Specialized Projects and Studies Omega Green Development Implementation Plan, and Analysis of Alternative Sewage Treatment Systems, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, NY; 2001. Old Downtown Reinvestment Program for the Duluth Economic Development Authority, Duluth, MN; 1997. "Feasibility Study of Restoring Duluth's Incline Railway," City of Duluth, Minnesota, 1991. Source Separation Recycling Study, City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1987. Analysis of Solid Waste Disposal System for Mequon, Wisconsin, 1984. top Grant Writing and Fundraising New York State Environmental Protection Fund, Historic Preservation Matching Grant for $350,000 ($702,000 project) for restoration of the Ford Administration Building on the former Peekskill Military Academy site for the Peekskill City School District, Peekskill, NY; June 2004. Scenic Byways Matching Grant, $77,500 ($100,000 project) for Corridor Management Plan for Skyline Parkway Minnesota State Scenic Byway, Duluth, MN; 1999. Inter-modal Transportation Enhancement Act Funding, $600,000 for repair and restoration of historic stone-arch bridges on Seven Bridges Road, Duluth, MN; 1994, 1995, 1996. Emergency Restoration Matching Grant, $10,000 ($14,000 project) for repair of bell tower on the Sacred Heart Cathedral/Sacred Heart Music Center, a property on the National Register of Historic Places in Duluth, MN; 1996. 2001 and Beyond, a visioning project for Duluth, MN, $180,000 raised from private businesses for the citizen-led project; 1993. Numerous Certified Local Government Grants from the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office for various historic preservation educational projects by the Duluth Heritage Preservation Commission; 1990 - 1998. top Facilitation and Presentations Feng Shui and Historic Homes slide presentation at Preservation 360 Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY sponsored by the Preservation League of Saratoga Springs; March 19, 2005. Session organizer and presenter, Integrating Historic Preservation and Planning: Methods and Tools; Guiding Growth: Better Communities, Annual Conference of the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association in Saratoga Springs, NY; October 2003. Organizer, presenter, Northeast Scenic Byway Conference, Portland, ME; November 2000. Organizer, session moderator, tour leader, Upper Midwest APA Planning Conference, Duluth, MN; September 2000. Organizer, facilitator, On the Road Together-Becoming a Multi-State National Scenic Byway, National Road Alliance, Zanesville, OH; March 2000. Developer, facilitator, Community Dialog Series for the City of Duluth, MN. This series of open community meetings covered six topics (demographics, economic development, environmental protection, urban design and historic preservation, transportation, and arts and culture) relevant to the development of a comprehensive plan; 1998. Organizer, moderator Traditional Neighborhood Development, a 1-day professional seminar sponsored by Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association for planners in Northeast Minnesota; November 1997. Presenter, Who Built That? - A Review of Duluth's Architectural Landmarks and the Architects Responsible for Them, a slide presentation as a part of the City of Duluth Library Lecture Series; fall 1997. Facilitator, organizational development retreats for the Sacred Heart Music Center, a private not-for-profit cultural organization in Duluth, MN; 1996, 1998. Facilitator, community-wide meetings in the 2001 and Beyond Visioning Project for Duluth, MN; 1994 - 1995. Developer, tour leader, Two-bit Tours of Old Downtown, Duluth, MN, summers 1993 - 1994. (Also developed concept of a historical character, Dr. Thomas Preston Foster, Duluth's first newspaperman, giving the tour, obtained funding and recruited local actor for tours 1995-1997.) Presenter The Good, the Bad & the Ugly - Preservation Perspectives on the Historic Resources of Duluth, Minnesota, a slide presentation sponsored by the St. Louis Historical Society, Duluth, MN; fall 1992. top Publications Planning "GE, EPA & PCBs; The latest moves in the long-running saga of the Hudson River Cleanup;" February 2002 issue, official magazine of the American Planning Association. Planning Minnesota Monthly president's column in the official newsletter of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association; January 1999 - November/December 2000 issues. Vistas Monthly articles, field notes and photographs in the official newsletter of the National Scenic Byways Program; October 1999 - August 2000 issues. Duluth News Tribune Book Review of Boomtown Landmarks; August 22, 1993.