Whether you are putting more ‘active’ in your design or adding some ‘design’ to your active, I’m here for it. From exercise programming to personal training, facility design to outdoor placemaking, to policymaking that creates their systems of support, I’m here to provide planning strategies that influence health probability.
Active design is a planning strategy promoting physical and mental well-being to influence the health probability of a community. Incorporating physical activity into daily life is a placemaking priority, as is ensuring equitable access to spaces that support everyday livability. With backgrounds in environmental design and personal training, I understand that people are most physically active when their environments are socially supportive, highly walkable and very green. I recognize the links between health and urban development and that when it comes to everyday livability, access to active living is the intersection where personal and public health meet.
As a health and fitness professional I use an individualized approach to assess, motivate, educate and train clients of all ages regarding their personal health and fitness needs. I design safe and effective exercise programs, and provide the guidance to help clients achieve their personal health and fitness goals. I view strength and conditioning as essential skills for a living a longer and healthier life, and champion them as important habits for checking in with yourself. I believe in exercise for the reward of healthy aging – focusing on technique, encouraging consistency and celebrating the benefits of fitness throughout lifespan.
As an active design consultant, I use the process of addressing surrounding environmental parameters to devise programs, plans, and policies that incorporate physical activity into daily life. Part scientist, part artist, I understand how natural systems interact with human-made systems and apply this knowledge to create places that encourage healthy living patterns. I have a passion for plazas, parks and playgrounds, fitness facilities, master planning, and designing complete streets and linear parks as combination corridors – spaces that connect people, nature, and our built world with attention to placemaking for exercise and social serendipity.
“I love you, it’s ruining my town.”
• Active design is a planning strategy
• Promoting physical and mental well-being
• Incorporating physical activity into daily life
• Influencing health probability
“You don’t get to tell me about strength.”
• Exercise for the reward of healthy aging
• Working out is something to look forward to
• Encourage a happy relationship with muscle
• The benefits of fitness throughout lifespan
“Am I allowed to run?”
• Aerobic endurance is vital for healthy living
• Runnability is how safe an area is for running
• Urban planning is for human health
• Complete streets and trails with running lanes
“Old habits die slowly…”
• Common humanity is a shared state of being
• Physical and social fitness are essential
• Synthesis of personal and public health
• Placemaking shapes healthy living patterns
