MCDITE Webinar Series: Reconnecting Communities Grant Panel

Join your fellow Mid-Colonial District colleagues for this webinar featuring three local panelists who were FY2023 recipients of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant Program. Panel session will briefly overview projects, discuss experiences identifying how the grant opportunity aligned, how the funding will be utilized and more. If you, or your agency/organization are interested in the experiences with this grant program, this will be a great opportunity to ask your ITE colleagues questions!

If you would like to submit questions to the panel ahead of time, please send them to Jon Crisafi ([email protected])

Panelists:

• David Edmondson, Planner, City of Frederick – Golden Mile Multimodal Connection Planning Project
• Gina Burritt, Planning Director, Delaware County – Redesigning Route 291: Safety, Equity, and Connection
• Brendan Latimer, Planner, City of Baltimore – Restoring Connections to Druid Hill Park Project

Moderators:

• Jon Crisafi, Associate Engineer, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
• Peter O’Halloran, Traffic & Transportation Dept. Manager, Carroll Engineering Corporation

Cost is $10 for ITE members; $20 for non-members.

Register Here

Speaker Biographies

David Edmondson, Planner, City of Frederick – Golden Mile Multimodal Connection Planning Project

David Edmondson, AICP, PMP, is the Transportation Planner and Vision Zero Coordinator for the city of Frederick, Maryland, where he focuses on developing and implementing the city’s strategic and long-range transportation goals. As a writer about urban planning in Marin County, California and the District of Columbia, David has significant experience building trust between city officials, advocates, and community members – including those who are skeptical of change. He is the writer of Frederick’s first comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian plan, Let’s Move, Frederick, and is managing over $8 million in active transportation projects.

David’s passion for urban planning extends beyond Frederick. He concentrated in urban planning in the developing world for his City & Regional Planning Master’s Degree at Cornell University, and is an active participant of the Transportation Research Board’s International Coordinating Council. He believes that all modes of transport should be safe, affordable, useful, and comfortable. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife Anna Rozzo and cat Lina.

Gina Burritt, Planning Director, Delaware County – Redesigning Route 291: Safety, Equity, and Connection

Gina Burritt is the Director of the Delaware County Planning Department. Gina joined the Planning Department in November 2022 after over two decades in the private sector, where she worked on numerous environmental and transportation planning projects involving water resources, historic preservation, climate resiliency, National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), Environmental Justice and community engagement. She has worked with all levels of government from the Federal level to local municipal level. Gina is originally from New Jersey and has called Delaware County home for the past 15 years. Gina received her undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Masters in Community and Regional Planning from Temple University.

Brendan Latimer, Planner, City of Baltimore – Restoring Connections to Druid Hill Park Project

Brendan Latimer began his planning career in Newark, NJ, where he served as lead manager for the city’s first bike and scooter-sharing program, the Mobility Element of its Master Plan, and many other projects. He then spent almost three years working for Caltrans, California’s state DOT.

Professionally, Brendan is interested in Bus Rapid Transit and micromobility as flexible tools for accomplishing equity and sustainability. Prior to his career in transportation planning, Brendan served two terms in AmeriCorps and was a legislative aide for an assemblyman in the Bronx.

In his free time, Brendan likes to nerd out on history, ride his bike up and down hills, and organize doomed recreational softball teams. He received a BA in English literature from St. John’s University and a Master of Urban Planning from the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.