Jason Reyes, AICP, has a background in community and regional planning with a focus on conservation, urban sustainability, and active living by design. His planning career started by serving as an advocate for open spaces and alternative transportation with the Coalition for Smarter Growth in Washington, DC.
In Austin, TX, Mr. Reyes volunteered with Envision Central Texas, a non-profit organization composed of a diverse group of citizens – neighborhood, environmental, business leaders and policy makers – who share the common goal of addressing growth sensibly with the citizen's interests in mind.
In Oakland, CA, Mr. Reyes interned with Community, Design + Architecture (CD+A), contributing to the development of context sensitive solutions for major urban thoroughfares in a collaborative project with the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Since 2001, Mr. Reyes has contributed to planning projects in more than 50 U.S. counties, municipalities, and metropolitan areas—most of which were bicycle, pedestrian or greenway projects in the Carolinas. Mr. Reyes has facilitated diverse stakeholder groups, steering committee meetings, and public meetings on over 60 separate occasions. He served as a featured presenter at a quarter of such meetings, with audiences ranging from small focus groups to 100 or more people. He has also contributed over 500 pages of technical writing to more than 30 comprehensive and strategic planning documents. Additionally, he has provided content and overall graphic design for more than 60 client projects, through desktop publishing, presentation design and development, display maps and boards, marketing materials, web design, promotional flyers and newsletters.
In 2006, Mr. Reyes contributed significantly to the Charleston County Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan, winner of the South Carolina American Planning Association’s Outstanding Project Award. In 2007 and 2008 he was the project manager and primary contributer to the award winning management plan for the Cape Fear Historic Byway in Wilmington, North Carolina. Currently he is involved in several bicycle and pedestrian transportation plans across the State of North Carolina.
Education: Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 2005. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Mary Washington College, 2000.
Professional Affiliations: American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), the American Planning Association (APA), and the Durham Open Space and Trails Commission (DOST), 2007-2008
Presentations: "The Greenprint Process" North Carolina American Planning Association Conference, Chapel Hill (2007)
"Planning and Design for Urban Sustainability" The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography (2008)
"Raleigh’s Comprehensive Plan for the 21st Century" North Carolina American Planning Association Conference, Greensboro (2009)
