Taylor To Become City Planner
December 29, 2020 at 11:43 p.m.
Taylor To Become City Planner
By David [email protected]
Taylor will fill the position vacated by Jeremy Skinner, who will assume the newly created community development director position for the city, according to a news release from the city.
Taylor has worked for the city since 2016. Initially hired as an assistant city planner, he is currently serving as senior city planner where his duties include oversight of land use planning for the city, leading both the Plan Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals. Taylor also has led the multi-jurisdictional Ride-Walk infrastructure committee. Under his leadership, significant design and build of the Ride-Walk Master Plan have occurred.
A graduate of the Lakeland Christian Academy and the Ball State University School of College of Architecture and Planning in 2009 with a degree in landscape architecture, he is a “talented designer with extensive work experience in urban public space planning and many facets of urban residential design,” the release states.
Examples of his talent locally include the Buffalo Street Alley Activation Project design and a significant contribution to the North Buffalo Street Plaza design scheduled for early spring completion.
He is also spearheading the upgrading and replanting of the downtown streetscapes and has served as a valued advisor to the Warsaw Public Arts Commission. He led the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council and guided them through a mural project in 2019.
Taylor will assume his new duties on Friday and one of his first priorities will be to implement an online permitting process for city-issued building permits, a project he has been working on in 2020 and scheduled for mid 2021 rollout.
Taylor will fill the position vacated by Jeremy Skinner, who will assume the newly created community development director position for the city, according to a news release from the city.
Taylor has worked for the city since 2016. Initially hired as an assistant city planner, he is currently serving as senior city planner where his duties include oversight of land use planning for the city, leading both the Plan Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals. Taylor also has led the multi-jurisdictional Ride-Walk infrastructure committee. Under his leadership, significant design and build of the Ride-Walk Master Plan have occurred.
A graduate of the Lakeland Christian Academy and the Ball State University School of College of Architecture and Planning in 2009 with a degree in landscape architecture, he is a “talented designer with extensive work experience in urban public space planning and many facets of urban residential design,” the release states.
Examples of his talent locally include the Buffalo Street Alley Activation Project design and a significant contribution to the North Buffalo Street Plaza design scheduled for early spring completion.
He is also spearheading the upgrading and replanting of the downtown streetscapes and has served as a valued advisor to the Warsaw Public Arts Commission. He led the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council and guided them through a mural project in 2019.
Taylor will assume his new duties on Friday and one of his first priorities will be to implement an online permitting process for city-issued building permits, a project he has been working on in 2020 and scheduled for mid 2021 rollout.
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