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Ms. Athey has 14 years of experience as a planner addressing land use, transportation and growth management issues at the municipal, county and state levels. She has written county and municipal comprehensive plans, authored several best-practices papers, facilitated groups of stakeholders, developed standards, codes and regulations, reviewed development plans, and served as a staff liaison to various land use and transportation working groups.
Ms. Athey is a registered Landscape Architect in both Delaware and Maryland and also the owner of Guided Path Planning & Garden Design. She specializes in the design of residential gardens, including spiritual gardens, habitat gardens and rain gardens. Currently she is working on the planting design of a riparian buffer for Silver Lake Park in Dover.
Most recently, Ms. Athey has been developing best practices for pedestrian and multi-use facilities from the viewpoint of safety, security and maintenance issues. This project involved interviews with staff in respected programs throughout the country, a literature review and paper, followed by presentations of the best practices at 2007 and 2008 forums.
During her tenure with IPA, Ms. Athey has written municipal comprehensive development plans, completing the plans for Townsend, Lewes, and Dagsboro. She has authored several best practices resource documents related to mobility-friendly design, transit-oriented design, and sidewalks and shared-use paths. She has facilitated for numerous projects, including a committee of community leaders making recommendations for walkable communities and mobility-friendly design, the New Castle County Community Character Design Committee of leaders, agencies and members of the public, and firefighters and public agencies discussing revisions to the state fire codes. In addition, she has developed standards, codes, and regulations for New Castle County and Delaware. Ms. Athey has also had an active role in the Interconnectivity Study, the Planning Practicum, the TOD study and fieldtrip, and the Municipal Clerks Training Program (Planning 104 and 205).
Ms. Athey frequently reviews development plans for community character, walkability, and environmental issues, formerly as an employee, now as a member of the New Castle County Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee, and the Design Committee of the Downtown Newark Partnership. She recently contributed to the revised Design Guidelines for Downtown Newark. At the Delaware Department of Transportation, she was the department’s liaison to the Cabinet Committee on State Planning Issues (CCSPI) and the Office of State Planning Coordination. She was editor and primary author of DelDOT’s Livable Delaware Implementation Plan, which included papers on 32 transportation issues such as Context Sensitive Design, Roadside Environment, Traffic Calming, Mobility Friendly Design, and Scenic Highways. As a Planner for New Castle County, Ms. Athey was liaison to the WILMAPCO Technical Advisory Committee and was one of the authors of the 1997 New Castle County Comprehensive Development Plan.
An amateur photographer, in 2007 Ms Athey won first place in a garden photo contest sponsored by Ritz Camera.
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New Castle County Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee (RPATAC), Professional Member (2004–2012)
Downtown Newark Partnership Design Committee and Design Guidelines Subcommittee (2006–2010)
Delaware Board of Geologists, Public Member (2007–2111)
Delaware Board of Landscape Architects, Former President and Professional Member (2000–2006)
Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, Governance Committee (2003–2004)
Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Delaware Chapter
Member, American Planning Association (APA), Delaware
Member, Delaware Nature Society
American Association of University Women, Newark Branch, former President
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| 2002 - present |
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Planning Consultant, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
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| 2002 - present |
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Landscape Architect, Guided Path Planning & Garden Design (Newark, Delaware)
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| 2001 - 2002 |
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Landscape Architect, Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of Planning
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| 1998 - 2001 |
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Executive Assistant to the Director of Planning, Delaware Department of Transportation, Division of Planning
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| 1994 - 1998 |
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Transportation Section Planner, New Castle County Department of Land Use
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| 1994 - 1998 |
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Landscape Architect, Irwin Landscaping Inc.
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| 1989 - 1991 |
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Land Planner, Tetra Tech Inc.
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“Walkable Communities: Preserving Community Character While Improving Transportation Choices,” with Linda Raab and William DeCoursey, Dover, Delaware, May 2008.
“Butterflies of Delmarva,” to the Institute for Retired Persons, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, March 2008.
“Developing Maintenance Plans for Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths,” at the policy forum Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Improving Mobility and Designing Transit-Ready Communities, Newark, Delaware, February 2008.
“Gardens from Blah to Beautiful,” to the Wilmington Branch of the American Association of University Women, Wilmington, Delaware, May 2007.
“Sidewalks and Shared-use Paths: Safety, Security and Maintenance Best Practices,” with Andrew Knab, at the policy forum Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Safety, Security, and Maintenance, Newark, Delaware, March 2007.
“Sprawl: The American Dream?,” to the Newark Branch of the American Association of University Women, Newark, Delaware, November 2005.
“Habitat Gardens: The Birds and the Bees of the Business,” at the Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association annual meeting, Wilmington, Delaware, November 2005.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: Recommendations for Delaware,” at the Mobility Friendly Design Standards Summit 2, Newark, Delaware, April 2005.
“Better Development Through Mobility Friendly Community Design,” with Ed O’Donnell to the Delaware Institute for Planning & Design, Wilmington, Delaware, November 2004.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: A Framework for Delaware,” at the Mobility Friendly Design Standards Summit, Wilmington, Delaware, February, 2004.
“Healing Gardens,” to the management team at Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Delaware, July 2003.
“Changing Landscapes: Creating the American Dream,” at the Md./Del. APA Regional Conference, Cumberland, Maryland, October, 2003.
“Safescaping,” to the DelDOT Management Team, Dover, Delaware, May 2001.
“Churchmans Crossing Infrastructure Study,” at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 1999.
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“Sidewalks and Shared-Use Paths: Improving Mobility and Designing Transit-Ready Communities Summary Report,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, to be published in 2008.
“Transit-Oriented Design Illustrations of TOD Characteristics A Working Paper,” Co-author with William DeCoursey, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2007.
“Sidewalks and Shared-use Paths: Safety, Security, and Maintenance, Summary Report,” Co-author with Andrew Knab, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2007.
“Walkable Communities,” Unpublished Paper, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2006.
“City of Lewes Comprehensive Plan,” Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2005.
“Mobility Friendly Design Standards: A Framework for Delaware,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2004.
“Town of Dagsboro Comprehensive Plan,” Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2003.
“Town of Townsend Comprehensive Plan Draft,” Primary author, Institute for Public Administration, College of Human Services, Education & Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2002.
“Livable Delaware Implementation Plan,” Editor and primary author, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, Delaware, 2001.
“Churchmans Crossing Infrastructure Investment Project: A Comprehensive Approach to Transportation and Land Use Solutions,” with E.E. Abbott & W.K. Hellmann, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, #1685, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1999.
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