PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Christina was the internal project manager for the team comprised of BNIM Planning, Flint Hills Regional Council, inNative, LEAMGroup, and Biomimicry 3.8. Outreach and engagement of 19 rural counties to participate in building a regional vision and goals resulted in creating an online set of metrics, strategies and a planning resource library.  The process to build coalitions of diverse public and private organizations also resulted in unprecedented cooperation between conservation agencies and ranchers to protect the most endangered natural resource of North America, the Tallgrass Prairie.

PROJECT DATA

Location

19 County Region in Kansas

Year

2008 - 2010

Client

Gary Stith

Director of Flint Hills Regional Council

855.785.3472

Additional Project Information

Funded by HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant

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Team leader while at BNIM Architects

Document Links

Regional Plan Document located HERE

Employers

Jobs to Population Ratio

Owner-Occupied Housing Affordability

Rental Housing Affordability

Poverty

Unemployment in Flint Hills Region

Nonresident Farm Operators

Types of Land

Flint Hills Farm/Ranch Sales

Flint Hills Number of Operations

Flint Hills Farm/Ranch Employment