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Employee Profiles Jessica Schmiedicke is an associate planner with the Growth Management Team, providing a range of growth management services to communities throughout the Midwest. Her main service areas include research, writing, and project coordination on comprehensive plans; coordinating public participation efforts such as community workshops; analyzing digital (GIS) maps and data to help answer planning questions; and assisting on implementation activities such as parks and public facility needs assessments, zoning ordinances, and development review. Among Jessica’s broad interests include urban–area planning and redevelopment, intergovernmental relationships, and the use of visual tools such as maps to communicate planning ideas and options. She prides herself on careful attention to detail and quality, developing and nurturing effective relationships with client communities, and attentive and proactive project coordination and troubleshooting. Jessica also continues to learn about and advance sustainable community practices and their impacts on and opportunities for her clients. While at Vandewalle & Associates, Jessica has worked on a variety of projects including comprehensive plans, park and open space plans, and plan implementation. She currently has a significant role in researching and drafting plan documents, coordinating planning processes, and designing public participation events for comprehensive plans in the Cities of Beloit and Jefferson; park and open space plans for the Cities of Watertown and Lake Geneva; and a corridor plan for Boone County Illinois Highway 173. She recently assisted on zoning ordinance and map amendments for the City of Baraboo and a complete zoning ordinance rewrite for the Village of Oregon and the City of Stoughton. Jessica has also led a variety of mapping efforts associated with a diverse range of the firm’s projects. Education M.S. Urban and Regional Planning B.A. Community Leadership (Minor in Geography)
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