Bio: Rebecca Brofft Everette is a community and environmental planner with a background in communications, public involvement, natural resources, and urban and regional planning. She began her career with the Center for Public Deliberation based at Colorado State University, planning and facilitating public meetings related to the improvement of public dialogue. Rebecca has managed and supported the development of numerous comprehensive and subarea plans; recreation, trails and open space plans; regional public involvement efforts; long-range visioning processes; and intensive, controversial environmental impact statement (EIS) processes. She has worked with clients at all scales of government, including small rural towns, growing cities, multi-county regions, and federal land management agencies.
Education: Master's Candidate, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado at Denver, Anticipated 2013 B.S., Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism, Colorado State University, 2009
Bio: Bruce Meighen is a Principle and Vice President with AECOM with over 20 years of expereience. He is a certified planner with over 20 years of experenicen who specializes in local and regional land use planning, and has effectively applied the concepts of New Urbanism, neighborhood planning, and Smart Growth to his planning projects. He also has experience in comprehensive planning, demographic analysis, park and recreation studies, and resource management.
Education: Master of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology Thesis, Statistical Modeling for Environmental Impacts Bachelor of Arts, Geography Urban Systems, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Commerce Degree, Champlain College, Montreal, Quebec
Other Publications: Developing Comprehensive State Groundwater Protection Programs, Co-author, Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, July/August 1995
Past Assignments: Planning 40,000 Acres – Osceola County Conceptual Master Plans National APA, 2012 Trails Planning, APA Federal Conference, 2011 Innovation in Motorized Trail Planning, NOHVCC, 2011 National Historic Trails Management, NAEP, 2011 Old Trails and New Challenges: 16th, 17th and 18th Century National Historic Trails in the 21st Century, National Association of Environmental Planners (NAEP) Annual Conference, 2011 Horses and Public Involvement: the East Narcoosee Community Workshop, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, 2010 Scales of Sustainability, Colorado APA/ ASLA 2008- National Trends in Growth Planning – Flint Hills Growth Plan, Colorado APA Conference, 2007 Making Redevelopment Work, APA National Conference, 2006 Updating Your Comprehensive Plan, Western Planner Conference, 2004 Innovative Planning Techniques, Wyoming APA Conference, 2003 Scenarios for Large Scale Planning, APA National Conference, 2003 Colorado Wildlife Society, CDOW Master Management Plans, 2001 National Conference on Battlefield Preservation, Earthwork Preservation, 1996 Recreation Planning, EEI, 1997 Shoreline Management, ERDAS Southeastern User’s Conference, 1995 Shoreline Management, NALMS Southeastern User’s Conference, 1995 Transmission Line Siting, ESRI, 1994 Transmission Line Siting, URISA, 1994
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