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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