Greetings, and thanks for visiting GreatStreets.org! I started this site as an outlet for my love of photography and concern for putting "community" back into city planning. It's strictly non-profit, and intended as a resource to help others create a better future for their own communities.

I'm a native of Portland, Oregon, and have worked as a city planner in the Portland area for more than 20 years. Since 1993, I've worked for Metro, the elected regional government in Portland, where I manage the transportation planning program. Before that, I worked at the municipal level as a city planner.

I went to college at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences (1984), and later completed graduate school at Portland State University, where I earned a Master of Urban Planning (1986). In 1990, I was certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), an arm of the American Planning Association. I'm also an associate member of the Institue of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

I live in the St. Johns district of Portland with my wife Deborah, and our many cats and dogs. I continue to be active in a number of community planning projects in my own community, including the North Beach brownfield project, St. Johns Town Center Plan and Lombard Main Street Plan. I also have a sister web site on places to visit on Oregon's backroads that can be reached by clicking the splintercat.org icon, below.

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