facilitators:
- Patrick Condon
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- Marcy McInelly
Marcy
McInelly, AIA is a registered architect with over 18 years of
experience in the design and management of architectural and urban design
projects in New York City and Oregon. Ms. McInelly earned a Bachelor of
Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1983. She completed her
internship and registration in New York City. In 1987 she returned to
Portland, where she managed architecture and urban design projects at
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Fletcher Farr Ayotte. In 1995 she founded
Urbsworks, to specialize in urban design with an architecture focus.
As an appointed member of the Portland Planning
Commission since 1997, Ms. McInelly has been involved in the implementation
of "smart," transit oriented development at the local level".
She worked with Bureau of Planning staff to refocus the Base Zone Design
Standards to the preservation of the public realm. She has served on a
number of public task forces and commissions, besides the Portland Planning
Commission. Numerous charrettes and design workshops she has facilitated
throughout the region demonstrate Ms. McInelly's commitment to community
design. Ms. McInelly is a founding member of the Portland metro region's
Coalition for a Livable Future. Through the Coalition she has lead a number
of important initiatives. Ms. McInelly is a frequent contributor to conferences
and symposia that focus on urban design, planning and transportation issues.
Her most recent presentations include: "The Politics of Regulating
Taste," delivered in June 2000 at the Congress for the New Urbanism
and "Cottage Industry for the 21st Century: Zoning Home-Based Businesses,"
delivered in March 2001 at the American Planners
Association annual in New Orleans.