- Claude T. Bissell -
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.”
Principal Project
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This synergetic and comprehensive work is a mock RFP demonstrating how AJ integrates principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Community Planning knowledge and skills. Click the image for access.
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LGBTQ+ Allies in Community: Engaging your Local Governments
Using human centered design techniques, AJ designed and lead an in-class charrette focused on environmental justice and city beautification. To get an idea of how they design community engagement programs, see the charrette powerpoint. To learn how they reflect upon their work, see their Charrette Reflection Paper.
The Opelika ‘City Greens’ Beautification Project Charrette Plan
Click to see AJ’s complete design proposal for an online community participation event in which they foster meaningfully engagement with and among community members from five different cities. This report contains details on who would be invited to the event and how you would invite them, a description of each event activity and explanations of how specific activities would elicit data from the community. It also describes how they proactively addressed anticipated challenges.
Selected Work
Historic Preservation Plan for Centennial Hill
This comprehensive historic preservation plan exemplifies AJ’s social justice and community focused approach to planning. Together with N.C. Jones, they created a strategy that goes beyond preserving the physical environment and centers the conservation of a sense of time and place, community character, and culture. The Centennial Hill neighborhood in Montgomery, AL is rich in Black Heritage and was a thriving Black neighborhood home to a wholesome community. See how AJ and N.C. Jones integrated community input and historic preservation strategies to do justice to this neighborhood.
This Demographic and Economic Profile of St. Clair County was completed in the Quantitative Methods course. It includes a correlation analysis, demographic analysis, labor force analysis, economic base analysis, population projections, and more.