Russell L. Clark , AICP, ASLA, NCI
Certified Planner & Landscape Architect
Mr. Clark has owned his business in Northern Michigan since 1979. His areas of expertise include preparing community master plans, community guidebooks, recreation plans, corridor
studies, and assisting communities to revise zoning ordinances. He has had the opportunity to work on a vast number of projects varying in scale and scope, both nationally and internationally. Mr. Clark has fifteen years of experience working with diverse groups and facilitating consensus on controversial issues in numerous communities, and he is a certified
charrette planner thru the National Charrette Institute.
Mr. Clark won an award for his environmentally sensitive design of a mixed-use housing development in Chicago, Illinois. He was the Senior Planner for a New Town project in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. This New Town plan involved community design concepts, master planning for community support systems, site design for residential development and site planning for recreation, schools & commercial facilities.
Mr. Clark has also been the Planning Assistant for Leelanau County. In this capacity, he evaluated township master plans and zoning ordinances. He also administered a HUD Rehabilitation
Project in the Peshawbestown Indian Reservation, which consisted of health and sanitary improvements for fifty dwelling
units.
Through his experience as a small business owner, working closely with his clients, Mr. Clark has become particularly sensitive to the design needs of northern Michigan communities. He has built a rapport with the numerous municipalities in the area while providing planning consulting services and walking
projects through the varying stages of the governmental approval process.
Education:
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Honors
Professional Registration:
Registered Landscape Architect, State of Michigan No. 779
Registered Landscape Architect, State of Illinois No. 504
Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Board (CLARB) Certification 0346
State of Michigan Builders License, 1981
American Institute of Certified Planners No. 017416
Professional Memberships:
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Michigan Society of Landscape Architects (MASLA)
American Planning Association (APA)
Michigan Association of Planners (MAP)
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Congress for New Urbanism (CNU)
National Charrette Institute (NCI)
Activites / Presentations:
Former Chairman of the State Board of Landscape Architects, Michigan
Grader for the CLARB Registration Exam for Landscape Architects
Chairman, Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation Commission
Site Selection Committee member for the Grand Traverse Area Habitat for Humanity
“Improving Development Through a Guidebook Process,” American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 15, 2007
DevelopMentor Panel for New Designs for Growth, Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce
Awards:
Outstanding Planning Award for Project/Program/Tool (2007) for the New Designs for Growth Development Guidebook, Michigan Association of Planning
Merit Award for New Designs for Growth Development Guidebook (2006), Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
The Roger Williams Planner Award for excellence in the professional field of planning (2006), Grand Traverse County Planning Commission
Silver Key Recipient for Outstanding Design in Landscape Architecture (1992), Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago
Experience:
Twenty-nine years with R. Clark Associates, Inc.
Nine years with Grand Traverse Resort Development Company
One year with Metcalf & Eddie Engineers (Saudi Arabia)
Three years with Leelanau County Planning Department
Areas of Specialization:
Community Master Planning
Recreation Planning
Land Planning & Site Development
Development Feasibility Studies & Entitlements
Corridor Studies
Community Guidebooks