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JENNIFER E. VECCHI, AICP, LEED AP BD+C

Principal, Vecchi & Associates, LLC

Urban Planning & Sustainable Design Consultants

QUALIFICATIONS

Ms. Vecchi has 30 years experience as a planning consultant for private and public sector clients. She has a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She is a LEEDAccredited Professional in Building Design and Construction(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED AP BD+C). In 2005, she began her own business as Principal and Owner of Vecchi & Associates, LLC, which specializes in Urban & Natural ResourcesPlanning and Sustainable Design. She is committed todesign excellence, environmental sensitivity and sustainability.

She was previously a Partner in the firm, Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc. (RMC), an Urban Planning, Civil and Environmental Engineering Company with offices in Denver, Longmont and Estes Park. She managed the Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture department for the Longmont office for 22 years. RMC was sold to a national company, Tetra Tech, Inc., in 2001; she continued as a Principal with Tetra Tech, Inc., overseeing the Planning & Civil Engineering Departments for an additional 4 ½ years. Projects included mixed-use residential, commercial and industrial developments, as well as co-authoring theModel Land Use Code for Colorado’s Small Communities which won a Smart Growth Award from the American Planning Association (APA Colorado) in 2004. Her areas of expertise include:

  • Project management and coordination of all aspects of development projects including initial feasibility, conceptual design, site design development, permitting, and public presentations
  • Evaluation and recommendations for sustainable design principles and practices
  • Consulting services as a LEED AP BD+C
  • Creation of neighborhood and award–winning community master plans
  • Development of a Model Land Use Code for Colorado’s small communities
  • Development of a Strategic Report & Action Program for the creation of an Arts & Entertainment District,Longmont, Colorado (2011)
  • Design and permittingof environmentally sensitive gravel mining and reclamation plans
  • Obtaining municipal, county, state and federal permits for an extensive variety of projects

EDUCATION AND SPECIAL TRAINING

M.U.R.P., Master of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Colorado, Denver

B.S., English, Fine Arts minor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio – Attended two years

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Training, 2010 - 2012

Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture, Sacred Geometry & Architecture, 2- week study (Rome, Italy)

Registrations / Certifications / accreditations

January 2012 – LEED AP BD+C

1985 – Present, American Institute of Certified Planners, AICP

1979 – Present, American Planning Association (APA)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

American Institute of Certified Planners/American Planning Association

Congress for New Urbanism

Director, Art in Public Places, Longmont Council for the Arts, 1989-1990