Brent was appointed the City of Vancouver's Director of
Planning in 2006. His broad mandate involves development planning and
architectural design approval, including many projects related to the 2010
Winter Olympics, as well as city-wide policy and visioning, central area
planning and community planning.
Brent came to Vancouver from the City of Calgary, where as
Manager of Centre City Planning and Design, he oversaw visioning, planning,
development and design in Calgary's Downtown, Midtown and Beltline communities.
Brent also created and was leading Calgary's award-winning Centre City Plan,
which took a creative and unusually holistic approach to the future success of
Centre City. Previously, Brent spent 4 years championing a new tone for
innovative neighbourhood design and integrated communities in Calgary as its
Chief Subdivision Planner. For almost 10 years before that, Brent was an
award-winning planning and design consultant based in Ontario working for and
with many municipalities, community groups and developers from Toronto to
Yellowknife.
A passionate advocate for creative city building, urban
design and architecture, Brent speaks and writes globally on the subjects, has
taught and lectured at numerous universities, and is a co-founder and
President of the Council for Canadian Urbanism while sitting on numerous other
boards and groups related to the cities. In real life, Brent is an avid skier
and loves anything in the outdoors (urban and natural), is passionate about all
aspects of the arts, and is an avid traveler and student of cultures.
Brent's blog: http://www.planetizen.com/blg/10088
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