Many agencies don’t have a lot of funds to spend on citizen engagement. This session explores how the Northeast Florida Regional Council used low-cost techniques to garner widespread input on a regional visioning project and a regional plan update. Learn how the council effectively engaged citizens while sticking to a budget—and leave inspired to create a lean, mean public-engagement strategy for your next initiative.
Speaker Details
Tom Rothmann
Senior City Planner
LA Dept of City Planning
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Bio: Zoning Code Studies - Amend the Los Angeles Zoning Code. Embarking on a complete rewrite of the Code from a 1946 Euclidian Code to a hybrid/form based Code.
Education: Bachelors from Rutgers College in Geography/Physics Masters from NYU in Public Administration/Urban Planning
Past Assignments: 2012 APA Conference speaker on urban farming
Margo Moehring, AICP
Director of Policy
NE Florida Regional Council
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Bio: Managing Director of Policy and Planning at the Northeast Florida Regional Council and Executive Director of the Regional Community Institute of Northeast Florida, Inc. Former Chief of Strategic Planning with the City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department, and Executive Director of Strategic Planning with the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
Education: M. Phil. Town Planning, University College, London and B.A. Urban Studies, Jacksonville University. RTPI Member.
Past Assignments: Co-Presentations: Ethics Class: A Vision for the Whole Region: Meeting the Ethical Obligation to Seek the Input of All Affected Persons in Long Range Planning, APA Florida Conference, 2010. Fast, Funny and Passionate One, APA 2012 National Planning Conference.
Winston R. Von Engel, AICP
Deputy Director, Brooklyn Office
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Bio: 2001-Current - Deputy Director, NYC Department of City Planning, Brooklyn Office. Supervise staff of planning and design professionals planning for New York City's largest borough and the fourth-largest city of the US, if a separate city. 1988-2001 - Planner, NYC Department of City Planning, Brooklyn Office. Planner for several diverse residential and business districts in Brooklyn and project managers for various land use applications subject to public approval process.
Education: Master of City and Regional Planning, Pratt Institute, 1988. Fulbright Scholarship for study in Vienna, Austria, 1986-1988. Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute, 1986.
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