Curriculum vitae
A Quietly
Evolving
Green Urban Design Platform
Mike
Patrick Dahlke
I have
been in the residential and commercial design build industry since my
discharge from the United States Navy in 1974. Over the years, I have
designed and engineered nothing but highly artistic, one of a kind
projects for truly creative, forward thinking and environmentally
conscious people. With a historical emphasis on alternative
energy/energy efficient, sustainability based urban as well as rural
architecture and with an extraordinary degree of high green
industrial functionality built into the architectural footprint of
these projects, in so many ways we, within our collective pursuit of
organic design excellence, where as well, getting involved with a
national green energy movement that back then was considered to be
remarkably odd and hopelessly abstract both in terms of economic
common sense as well as future industrial as well as financial
sustainability.
Along with
the above, is the expertise I have gained from working simultaneously
in a broad host of industries pertaining specifically to both the
historic American building trades as well as the emerging trades of a
host of alternative energy based technology companies including the
following:
Carpentry,
Woodworking and Cabinetry | Custom Painting and Wood Treatments |
Landscaping,
Retail and Wholesale Garden Products | Hardware and Building Supply
Retail
and Wholesale | Multifaceted Industrial Equipment Operation and
Maintenance | Warehousing and Transportation Logistics | Alternative
Energy Technologies and Systems | Electrical and Electronic Systems |
Water, Sewer and both urban and rural Irrigation
Systems
| Total Construction Waste Stream Management | Overall Industrial
Symmetry )as such symmetry encapsulates all of the above)
I have a
very strong background in architectural design, landscape design,
interior design, furniture design, lighting design, structural,
mechanical and hydraulic engineering as well as overall whole
lifestyle design as such design pertains to the physical needs and
healthy environmental insight of my client base. In addition I have
an equally strong background in Commercial Graphic Art, Print and
Audio Advertising, Web Development and Advertising, Point of Purchase
Display Advertising and Market Research/Development for locally
oriented small businesses as well as national corporate retail,
manufacturing and service sector entities in a wide ranging spectrum
of industrial categories.
As such,
my interest now in working with either a private design planning
firm, municipal planning department, Neighborhood/Residential
Construction Development Corporation (which I am very well capable of
laying the structural foundation for the establishment of), or, in an
investment banking firm environment as a “structural industrial
analyst”, or simply networking with folks who are actively engaged
in the pursuit of all of the above, is paramount.
While
the attached information will give you a solid understanding of both
my skill level and depth of experience, In addition, please take the
time to visit my blog entitled: “.The
Green Collar Blue Industrialist"
where I write extensively on the subject of green urban planning and
comprehensive community/neighborhood based economic redevelopment of
not only our nation's residential housing sector, but, all aspects of
municipal infrastructure related to such broad range community based
economic sustainability.
Design, Planning, Carpentry and Project Management
2014
– 1974
Owner,
architectural designer and builder of residential and commercial
projects ranging in size from 20,000 sq. ft. commercial to
approximately 1,500 sq. ft. to 5,000 sq. ft. residential (primarily
preexisting residential and commercial upgrades, renovations and
energy retrofits).
Commercial Projects have
included:
restaurants | nightclubs | hair
salons | retail shops | furniture showrooms
kitchen and bath showrooms |
performing arts theaters | set and stage design
lighting and sound design | indoor
sports and fitness centers | dance studios
small
organic roadside motel/diner redesign/build projects | rural farm
house restorations and
renovations
| alternative education based preschools | alternative education
junior high school learning environments | community built
playgrounds.
Residential projects have
included the renovation and restoration of the following:
Prairie Style | Cape Cods |
Craftsman | Tudor | French Provincial | Victorians | Ranch | Modern
Post and Beam | Log Cabins |
Contemporary poured in place concrete homes
Earth sheltered homes | Passive
solar homes | Geodesic Domes | Etc.
Carpentry and custom
painting skills:
Custom, highly detailed specialty
framing | Plastering and drywall in any finish
Door and window fabrication and
installation | Architectural woodwork
Wood flooring and inlays | Custom
cabinets and furniture systems
Custom decks, fences, gates and
all types of outdoor structures | Antique yacht restoration
All
types of paint applications including oils, enamels, water borne
acrylics, stains, varnishes
and
both architectural woodwork and furniture refinishing.
Shop equipment and tool
experience:
All types of stationary equipment
| Sand blasting equipment | Stained glass equipment
Sign making and billboard
equipment | All types of electric hand tools | All types of hand
tools
Interior and Landscape
Design:
lighting | sound systems |
furniture systems | ponds, aquariums, fountains and streams
media rooms | wood shops |
exercise studios | saunas, steam rooms and hot tubs
home offices | libraries | tack
rooms | martial arts dojo's | Etc.
Architectural Design:
Renderings, pencil, water color,
acrylic, charcoal | Hand Mechanical Drafting | CA
Project Planning
design consulting | plan reading |
material takeoffs and delivery scheduling
building
code enforcement | zoning parameters | job scheduling | sub
contractor scheduling |
project
change orders | Etc.
Hardware and Building Supply Stores
WORK
EXPERIENCE
For the most part, I have been in
a hardware store just about every day of my life for more than four
decades. As it is the place to go for every imaginable household
need, it is as well, the place to go for straight forward, common
sense, problem solving advice as well as broad exposure to a vast
array of manufacturing industries all of which today are clearly
morphing into quite dynamic, green based manufacturing, retail and
service sector corporate entities. The dynamic nature of the
evolution of hardware store products today, clearly suggest that
large home supply chains that have taken over the market in the past
thirty years are going to be experiencing a major industrial
metamorphosis which will essentially serve to diversify this economic
sector significantly within the next 20 years. As such, when reading
the below information, be keenly aware of the fact that my depth of
knowledge on the historical line of products that have been sold in
hardware store settings equals my knowledge of the new technologies
that will emerge to either fit into the historic hardware store model
or diversify to such an extent that entirely new home product
manufacturing, retail, distribution and maintenance models will
clearly be emerging most definitely within the context of what a
neighborhood hardware store should have on hand to meet the evolving
needs of the technologically diverse green energy market.
Excavation and Garden
Back
hoe, trenchers, tillers, power rakes, vibrators, power trowels,
concrete grinders and cutters.
Garden
hand tools, edgers, pruners, cultivators, sod cutters. | Irrigation
systems, septic systems, rain water runoff systems, well drilling,
sprinkler systems. | Gravel, top soil, fertilizers, mulches, grass
seeds and sods. | Pavers, natural stone, retaining walls. | Decks and
garden structures. | Fountains, ponds and streams. | Trees,
shrubbery, perennials and annuals.
Lighting,
sound and security systems. | Timers and sensors.
Concrete and Masonry
Floor
levelers. | Foundation patches and sealers. | Bag mixes. |
Architectural/ornamental stone.
Concrete
block. | Brick veneers. | Grouts and adhesives. | Cleaners and
sealers.
Plumbing
Foundation
drainage. | Waste water lines, cast iron, pvc and copper. | Septic
lines and tanks.
Culvert
pipes. | Rain water systems. | Fresh water supply lines. | Natural
gas and propane lines. Fittings. | Pipe cutting and threading. |
Sodering and cement. | Emergency pipe patching.Sewer line rodding. |
Hot water heating systems. | Hot water tanks. | On demand water
heating systems. | Trouble shooting. | Appliance installation. |
Plumbing fixtures.
Electrical
Meter
sockets, risers, strapping and weather heads, ground rods, lighting
rods. | Underground
electrical
feeds and meter sockets. | Main electrical panels. | Auxiliary
electric panels.
Utility
poles and out building service feeds and disconnects. | EMT conduit,
romex, low voltage, cat 5 and 6. | Circuit diagramming. | Breakers,
electrical devices, boxes and connectors.
Light
fixtures, door chimes, security systems, intercoms, sound systems,
motion and light
detectors,
timers, ceiling fans, exhaust fans, electric window and sky light
shutters.
Baseboard
heat. | Air conditioners and humidifiers.
Insulation
Blown in. | Spray foam. |
Fiberglass batts. | Cellulose. | Rigid foam. | Expanding foams, fire
stop and gap sealants. | Vapor barriers. | Weather stripping.
Framing and Reconstruction
Wood
framing. | Metal stud framing. | Structural beams. | Pocket doors. |
Doors and windows.
Bay
windows. | Window repair. | Sash repair. | Screen repair. |
Structural wall removal.
Joist
hangars and structural fasteners.
Drywall Hanging, Finishing,
Plastering, Stucco and Synthetics
Dry
wall panel lifters. | Portable scaffolding. | Hanging and finishing
tools and equipment.
All
types of drywall and cement board. | Floor and wall levelers. |
Custom finishing products. Adhesives, fasteners, primers and sealers.
Painting and Wall Finishes
Latex
and oil primers. | Latex and oil interior paints and stains. | Latex
and oil exterior paints
and
stains. | Wood and furniture strippers and cleaners. | Waterborne
enamels, resins, epoxy and fiberglass. | Wall papers, parchment,
fabric, canvas, leather, suede's, borders, etc.
Wood
work stains and varnishes. | Marine spar varnishes. | Airless spray
painting equipment.
Air
brush painting. | Architectural graphics. | Custom color design and
paint tinting. Custom wall textures. | Tools and equipment. |
Cleaners and solvents.
Auxiliary
lighting and ventilation.
Siding, Replacement Windows
and Doors, Gutters and Downspouts, Shutters, awnings and canopies
Wood,
cement, vinyl, aluminum and composite siding systems. | Exterior
architectural moldings. | Under siding insulated panel systems and
breathable wind barriers. | Ornamental stone siding systems. | Wood,
fiberglass and steel entry doors. | Replacement windows.
Sealants
and caulks. | Standard and over sized gutter and downspout systems in
aluminum,
galvanized
and copper. | Rain barrels. | Overhead garage doors and openers. |
Garage storage
systems.
| Work shop systems. | Awnings and canopies.
Roofing, Soffit, Facia and
Vents
Fiberglass, metal, wood shake and
rubber roofing (shingles). | Rolled composite and rubber membrane. |
Sealants and adhesives. | Soffits and flashing. | Ridge vents, box
vents and power attic vents. | Lighting rods. | Heated snow melt
systems.
Sidewalks, Patios and
Driveways
Brick,
wood, composite and poured in place concrete sidewalks. | Concrete
stamping and staining. | Brick and concrete driveways and patios. |
Low voltage walkway lighting.
Hose
pads and storage. | Side walk edging products and tools. | Leaf
blowers and snow throwers
Hand
maintenance tools. | Power washers. | Handrails and guards.
Outdoor Furniture and
Planters | Arbors, Trellises and Pergola's | Household Cleaners,
Tools and Equipment | Shop Tools and Equipment | Lawn Tools and
Equipment | Indoor Furniture, Lighting and Accessories | Kitchen
Appliances, Utensils, Storage Systems | Linen and Pantry Systems and
Accessories | Clothing Storage Systems | Garage and Garden Products
and Equipment | Carpet and Upholstery Products and Equipment | Locks,
Fasteners, Hinges, Springs, Fittings, etc. | Furnace Equipment and
Accessories | Wall and Floor Tile | Etc.
Painting
I have
worked with an enormous variety of paint brands but primarily
Benjamin Moore and Pratt and Lambert. The same with stains and
varnishes. The same with specialty wall finishes, paint finishes and
textures as well as wallpapers. Epoxy paints, floor paints,
waterborne enamels, oil paints and latex, all of these products and
an endless array of products, tools and equipment utilized in the
residential, commercial and industrial paint industry all occupy my
knowledge base. In addition, I have a good working knowledge of floor
coverings ranging from vinyls, stone, wood, laminates and carpets as
well as the products and equipment required to both install and
maintain such products. Every single product in each of these
industrial paint categories are undergoing a substantial green
environmental overhaul. As such, the painting industry on all levels
is doing the same, and to the point where really very few people
actually understand the dynamics associated with these paint
products, the market for educational marketing to both the
tradesperson and the consumer matches the need for the industry
itself to in fact produce such multifaceted marketing.
HANDS
ON KNOWLEDGE
Plastering,
stucco, drywall finishes. | Water base, oil, waterborne enamels,
industrial coatings,
lacquers,
exterior oil stains, marine spar varnishes, interior oil stains,
varnishes, lacquers, shellac, polyurethanes, gels. | Architectural
wood refinishing and restorations, furniture refinishing, fiberglass
and epoxy resins. Wallpaper stripping and surface restoration. | Air
brushing, stenciling, free hand architectural graphic detailing. |
Etched and sandblasted glass, stained glass and ceramic murals. |
Custom wall finishes, blends and textures. Interior brick
refinishing. | Cabinet and door refinishing. Painted and wallpapered
murals. | Sign painting.
Graining
and custom stain blending. | Natural oil finishes and wood waxes.
Retail
Paint and Wallpaper
Interior, furniture, lighting and
accessory design and sales. | Paint, wallpaper, flooring and interior
accessories sales and inventory management. | Project estimating and
scheduling. | Subcontractor scheduling. | Shipping and Receiving.
Garden
Center and Landscaping
HANDS ON KNOWLEDGE
Community
built gardens and interactive green learning playgrounds. |
Vegetable, flower and
herb
gardening. | Garden pathways, patios, decks, structures and
furniture. | Garden ponds and streams. | Rainwater collection and
disbursement systems. | Patio pottery, furniture and accessories. |
Landscape lighting. | Micro wind turbines and solar electric systems.
| Overhead patio and deck fans. | Privacy screens, arbors, pergolas,
etc. Large and small scale attached and detached garden greenhouses.
| Starter frames,
compost
bins and recycling systems. | Interior garden room furnishings. |
Pottery and
potted
plant tools and accessories. | Sun shades and umbrellas. | Wall
fountains.
Canning
equipment and supplies. | Hoses, sprinklers and irrigation systems.
Stone, bark and organic/synthetic ground covers. | Garden tools and
equipment (hand and mechanical).
Pruning
and tree trimming equipment and supplies. | Arts and crafts supplies.
Career
Coaching
INTERACTIVE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
The Question: How does one take a seemingly disassociated group of folks who gather together for the greater purpose of removing such disassociation so that a remarkably positive team environment flourishes?
The Answer: Channel left sided brain analysis to right sided brain creative momentum.
1974
– 1976
Vietnam
Veterans Delayed Stress Program
- Developed and Supervised Outward Bound Type Stress Management Program for returning Veterans in Boulder, Colorado. (25 People)
1974 – 1978 September School, Boulder, Colorado
- Designed, built and developed crafts oriented skills program for school for children with developmental disabilities. (20 People)
1976
– 1980
Colorado
Shakespeare Festival and Arts in the Park Festival.
- Coordinated staging and set up crews for both festivals. (70 People)
1990
– 1994
Anna
Michen Elementary School, Fennville, Michigan
- Odyssey Of The Mind – Parent Teacher Coach
- Fennville Community Built Playground – Construction Coordinator. (200 People)
- Pullman Community(GED) School - Construction Trades Skills Development Instructor. (25 People)
- Pullman, Michigan Public Library - Volunteer Building Renovation Coordinator. (30 People)
!995
– 2003
Oak
Park, Illinois
- Beye School Community Built Playground Construction Coordinator. (300 People)
- Volunteer Center of Oak Park and River Forest – Events/Fundraising Coordinator.
Graphic Arts and Advertising
I have a
strong background in Commercial Graphic Art, Print and Audio
Advertising, Digital Internet Based Advertising, Point of Purchase
Display Advertising and Market Research Development for both Local
and National Small Business and Corporate Retail and Manufacturing
Entities.
Commercial advertising:
Corporate
Logo development. | Marketing. - Local, Regional and National
campaigns.
All
types of print media and promotional products. | Web development.|
Radio advertising
campaigns.
| Point of purchase display design and fabrication. | Fund raising.
Curriculum vitae (cont.)
Green
Urban Planning and Community Economic Development.
Is there such a thing as a
perfect, neighborhood based, green economic development plan?
I’m fairly certain there is and I'm equally certain putting the plan together requires the work of a rather dynamic team of people with truly diverse backgrounds and well disciplined, multidimensional approaches to creative, in the box, and, out of the box problem solving.
I bring to the table the
following:
- Extensive knowledge of advanced building codes as such pertain to the establishment of a most comprehensive and broad based municipal code enforcement/educational model for the successful mixed, alternative energy based retrofitting of all buildings in any given residential, commercial office, retail or light industrial neighborhood based setting.
- The ability to understand and clearly redefine in quite intricate detail the existing functions of all public works departments including parks and recreation, streets and sanitation, energy and recycling, water and sewer, municipal building maintenance, fire and rescue as such functions are upgraded to interact with modern zoning, planning, mixed energy use transportation as well as building code enforcement initiatives.
- The ability to future plan for all above mentioned departments from both a regulatory and funding perspective as well as from the perspective of personnel team management as such management is successfully directed toward a broad, community economic development based consensus building mindset.
- The ability to look articulately at dying or dead neighborhood based business development models, restructure them to accommodate specific growth strategies in targeted energy, construction, light manufacturing, retail and service based business sectors and develop both marketing and advertising strategies that draw all associated client bases into that environmentally refocused business corridor model.
- Comprehensive community based education modeling with a strong emphasis on community college and community business cross training to produce strong qualified job participants in all emerging, 21st century neighborhood based, mixed energy business sectors.
- A keen perspective on available federal, state, local and private sector funding as that funding is approached from a well developed, multidimensional and mixed industrial, regulatory based point of view.
If, after reviewing the further
attached information, you would like too know more about how I
approach the issues above, again, please take the time to visit my
blog where I write extensively on a broad variety of community
education, green economic, industrial and environmental based
regulatory matters.
Professional
Summary
Taking apart neighborhoods and
putting them back together again through the development of
comprehensive mixed energy based public utility models, equally
comprehensive building and zoning code models, alternative
transportation blueprinting, construction trades team building,
community based education and economic development modeling. Broad
based knowledge of all design, engineering and construction fields
associated with both residential and commercial building energy
retrofits and total building renovations. Building green,
environmentally focused and highly personalized home and work
environments since 1974. Recipient of awards, formal accolades, local
and national media exposure with a strong, professional and worldwide
online blog readership audience. Accomplished studies in
multiple, mixed energy development and manufacturing sectors,
environmental law, NAICS analysis, national and international
building codes, community based investment banking and municipal
bonds, multifaceted federal and state regulatory policy,
construction trades apprenticeship modeling and consumer based
product marketing and education.
Areas
of Expertise
~Model
Building Code Development
~
NAICS Identification ~ Zoning Modification
~Construction
Trade Networking ~ Green Energy Systems ~ Electric Grid Modeling
~Total
Waste Stream Assessment ~ Waste Water Systems ~ Storm Water Systems
~Urban
Agricultural Modeling ~ Community Education ~ Property Taxation
Models
~Education
Funding Models ~ Retail Sector Modeling ~ Service Sector Modeling
~Manufacturing
Data Modeling ~ Distribution Modeling ~ Freight Delivery Flows
~Transportation
Modeling
Qualifications
Summary
- Extensive background in the research of national building code modeling.
- Extensive background in the research of NAICS industrial coding and clearly needed future green industrial/energy sector coding.
- Extensive background in the research of public electric utility grid blueprinting as well as all public sector utilities having anything at all to do with municipal fresh and waste water technologies, rain water and top soil water runoff management, natural gas fueling technologies pertaining to home heating, localized electric power generation, localized private sector personal automotive, commercial and light industrial transportation based fueling systems, geothermal energy systems, high efficiency wind turbine systems, passive and active solar systems, total construction waste stream management, etc.
- Extensive background in the research of both public and private sector funding models as such modeling pertains to the progressive re-legislation of cooperative funding delivery mechanisms at both the state and federal level.
- Extensive background in the research of “21st century “green specific” construction trades, multiple trade cross training and team building as well as strategic, legislative based, re-blueprinting and re-regulation of those trades.
- Extensive background in the research of public/private sector community college based cooperative educational modeling that is wholly based on the above construction team building model.
- Extensive background in the research of residential, commercial and industrial real estate valuation, zoning parameters as well as mortgage lending best practices as the above is related to the long term financing of not only mortgage instruments, but, the long term capacity of various municipal/industrial bond guarantors to emerge on or at a comprehensive, individual community by individual community based level.
- Excellent interpersonal skills in the communication of highly articulate strategic plans.
- Exceptionally strong technical and creative writing skills.
Chronological Professional Work Experience – 1992 to 2014
Research
on
the industrial/economic history and structural evolution of the S&P
500 Industrial Index. - 1992 to Present.
The purpose of this research has been to document the manufacturing functions of the industries associated with the S&P 500 as such benchmark functions have evolved with the help of industrial automation globally on one hand while on the other have been severely diminished domestically by an overall failure to integrate these manufacturing functions into a true, mixed energy industrial power generation and distribution platform nationally.
Research
on
the history and evolution of NAICS coding and subsequent regulation
of this coding via federal legislative initiatives from 1937 to 2014.
- 1992 to Present.
The purpose of this research was to demonstrate the virtual industrial, economic and, therefore, legislative ineffectiveness of such coding if in fact such coding isn't fully integrated into a much broader and whole mixed energy sector industrial model. The moment such NAICS coding does in fact include total interaction with a whole mixed energy industrial model, a remarkable host of new industries emerge while the subsequent economic expansion associated with these new industrial models becomes, for the most part, economically boundless.
Participant
in
the work done by “The
Sechia Commission on Total Quality Government”
headed
by former U.S. Ambassador to Italy Peter Sechia and commissioned by
former Michigan Governor John Engler - 1993.
Specifics to this commission were the retention of existing corporate manufacturing entities and the attraction of entirely new manufacturing entities within the state. As certain existing manufacturing entities had a certain sub contractor relationship with key aspects of Michigan's auto industry, altogether new manufacturing entities having nothing whatsoever to do with the auto industry were focused upon as well. As the notion of total quality government was indeed meant to address the creation of a business friendly state regulatory framework, the overall
focus of this commission was at
the time, still very much based almost exclusively on the consumption
of fuel as opposed to the conservation of or a whole re-management of
a host of
mixed energy technologies that
were at the time, just beginning to come on line in the state of
Michigan. The end result of the work done by this commission was very
well received at the time but somewhat short sighted for today.
Participant in the work done by the “Michigan Jobs Commission” headed by Doug Rothwell and commissioned by former Governor John Engler. -1993.
Specific to this commission was the retraining of existing Michigan manufacturing based work force and the attraction of new advanced technology workers into the state.
- Developed paper waste recycling/redistribution program for Allegan County, Michigan and the Michigan paper pulp industry. - 1993 - 1994.
- Redesigned and rebuilt the logistics center for Roadway Trucking Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan. - 1994.
- Did research at Hope College in Holland, Michigan on the evolution of public utilities as such evolution pertained to the application of wind turbines being integrated into our nation’s broad spectrum public electric utility grid. - !992 to 1994.
- Was invited to the US Department of Commerce to present my research on the integration of wind turbines into our broad national electric power grid. - 1994-1995.
- Construction project coordinator for the Anna Michlen community built playground in Fennville, Michigan. – 1994.
- Parent/mentor for the internationally acclaimed “Odyssey Of The Mind” program. This program, designed for junior high level students, focused on the development of advanced engineering, creative writing and theatrical “learning skits” orchestrated entirely by small groups of creative junior high school team players with virtually no “hands on help” from parents. – 1994 -1995.
- Partner in yacht restoration business located in South Haven, Michigan. My particular role was the redesign of all wood components, electronics and hydraulics installations and the applications of all spar varnishes. – 1993 – 1995.
Moved
to Oak Park, Illinois
to
study the history of the community based steam heating plants once
in operation in Oak Park. Studied the geographical fault line that
exists on the north side of Oak Park and its destructive effects on
the residential building foundations built along this fault line.
Studied the prevailing wind currents found on that same north side
which in terms of elevation is actually the highest point of land
above sea level in the entire Chicago land metropolitan area. My
research into the above was to determine the viability of integrating
micro wind and geothermal energy generation into this geographical
and architecturally significant residential corridor via connection
to the existing municipal/public electric utility grid.
Studied the southern geographical
boundaries of Oak Park, Illinois that parallel the Interstate 90
transportation corridor linking the western suburbs to the Chicago
Metropolitan area.
The purpose of this research was
to determine the viability of placing solar electric arrays along the
northern retaining walls of Interstate 90. Walls are between 20 and
30 feet in elevation with a distinct southern facing.
All aspects of the above research clearly indicated the financial viability of doing what is stated above if and only if substantial but common sense regulatory frameworks were restructured to accommodate such overall mixed energy policy. - 1995 to 2003.
- Owner of residential design/build company in Oak Park, Illinois. -1995 - 2003.
- Developed Beye School “The Reading Tree Program” for kindergartners and first graders. Program emphasis was on adult mentoring with a rather unique and well received award incentive for the kids. - 1998.
- Volunteer Construction Coordinator of the Oak Park, Illinois Beye Public School Community Built Playground. - !999.
- Board of Directors for The Volunteer Center of Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois. - 1997.
- Developed Energy and Environment website for the Village Of Oak Park, Illinois. - 2000.
- Volunteer set designer and builder for the Percy Julian Middle School theatre program in Oak Park, Illinois. -1999 - 2001.
- Volunteer Architectural Designer/Adviser in the assessment of all public school facilities in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois. Our responsibilities were to conduct a physical architectural assessment of the eight public grammar schools and two junior high schools located within the village. The purpose of this assessment was to determine the “environmental integrity of these learning institutions”. With environmental integrity taking on several meanings, we were tasked with the following:
- The physical capacity of a
school to accommodate contemporary student populations.
- - The actual physical health and
overall energy efficiency of the architecture itself.
- - The schools capacity to
function as a highly interactive community center 365 days a year.
- - The
capacity the school and its’ surrounding neighborhood had to
accommodate increases in both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
2000 – 2001
Contributor
to the year 2000 “Congressional
Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce”
authored
by former Commonwealth Of Virginia Governor James Gilmore, Authored a
paper entitled “The
Interstate And Electronic Tax Act”
that
can be found in the archives of The Library Of Congress relating to
this commission’s work. - 1999
- 2000.
Moved
to Ottawa, Illinois
to
study the geographically based environmental weather conditions as
those conditions affected the long term respiratory health of those
who live in this low lying Illinois River Valley region. This
research was focused on both indoor and outdoor air quality. It was
as well focused on the effects such weather conditions have played on
the overall deterioration of the aging architectural housing stock
found within the Illinois River Valley.
Whereas a distinct set of environmental conditions were causing the long term deterioration of the housing stock in either Chicago by the lakefront or Oak Park located some fifteen or so miles from that lakefront on a rather distinct geographical bluff, in the low lying river valley bounding the Illinois River an entirely different set of environmental conditions were and are continuing to cause an entirely different set of structural problems on the homes in this region.
As these rural LaSalle County geographical conditions are reflected in a tremendous increase in human based upper respiratory conditions due in part to the fact that tremendously low barometric pressures combined with extremely high ground and air moisture content virtually assure the existence of these respiratory conditions, the same weather conditions have led to excessive structural decay of the housing stock due to excessive mold and moisture damage to both foundations and framing members.
What is most crucial to understand here is that while Oak Park, Illinois is within one geographical/climate zone and Ottawa, Illinois is in another, the condition of the architecture within these two regions is more or less in the same severe state of structural deterioration. As both of these communities are essential made up of a rather significant amount of rather beautiful and historic American examples of stick built housing with an average age of some 80 years, the amount and scope of structural decay of this housing stock is decidedly different between these two towns.
In Ottawa, Illinois the homes are being eaten away by excessive moisture and mold that is clearly lending itself to the marked increase in respiratory ailments found in this region of Illinois, the subsequent market devaluation of home prices, much higher costs of building renovation, and, of course, the subsequent unwillingness of potential new industries to move into this area as well as the lack of funding for any type of 21st century community based architectural and engineering as well as building trades job training that would ultimately serve to rectify these issues. On the other hand, the housing stock in Oak Park, Illinois, the homes are more or less being destroyed by dry rotting and the subsequent infiltration of a host of wood eating insects. As the reason for this deterioration is essentially linked to a combination of strong northerly winds, the unstable soil base beneath these structures as well as the fact that there is significantly more solar as well as ultraviolet exposure to these homes, the cost of true retrofitting of these homes is again well beyond the financial capacity of either the homeowner or mortgage company to ever even remotely be able to afford. Adding to this particular problem in Oak Park is the fact that the community is landlocked with virtually no more room for real estate based economic expansion and both the commercial and industrial districts found in and around this community are the same age as the residential structures and equally landlocked.
My research simply demonstrates a rather comprehensive, multi-tiered regulatory, but, rather easily executed set of economic communication dynamics that engage all players in the whole 21st century neighborhood redevelopment process. 2003 - 2014.
Professional
Work Experience – 1970 - 1990
- Participant in the Colorado Affordable Housing Commission headed by former Governor Dick Lamb, former Senator Gary Hart and former Boulder Mayor Ruth Correl. Mission of Commission was to develop a twenty year sustainable environmental and economic development plan for the Boulder Valley. - 1976.
- Involved in the economic development and new commercial construction of Arapahoe Village a large scale retail shopping outdoor mall developed by John Cohagen of Boulder, Colorado. -1974 to 1978.
- Operated a residential and commercial design build company. - 1974 - 1980.
- Architectural designer for “The Nomad’s Theatre Playhouse”. A ten thousand square foot theatre renovation project. -1974 to 1978.
- Participant in the annual Shakespeare Festival with the University of Colorado theatrical school. -1974 to 1978.
- Participant in the annual “Arts in the Park Festival” in Boulder, Colorado. -1974 to 1978.
- Co - organizer for the initial and subsequently annual 10k fundraising run for the Boulder County Safe House for Battered Women and Children. -1976 to 1978.
- Developed marketing concept for Celestial Seasonings Iced Tea during merger talks between Celestial Seasonings and Beatrice Foods. -1977 to 1978.
- Developed Green Energy model for Amoco service station located in southeast commercial district of Boulder, Colorado. -1974 to 1978.
- Owner of design/build residential construction company in Oak Lawn, Illinois. - 1981 - 1990.
- Designed and built the first passive solar residence in Oak Lawn, Illinois. - 1987 - 1989.
- Worked for Grey Manufacturing Corporation on the construction of 100,000 sq.ft addition for the L&M Tobacco Company (Liggett and Meyers back then) in Durham, North Carolina. -1974.
- Joined the US Navy and studied at Engineman A School. Worked on a substantial number of mechanical systems found on US Navy Ships. Traveled to Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily and Greece. Studied European culture, architecture, urban planning, transportation and agricultural infrastructure. - 1972 - 1974.
- Worked for The Oak Lawn, Illinois News Agency and Book Store delivering and reading The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, The Chicago Daily News, The Chicago Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Geographic, Life Magazine, Time Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Mother Earth News, Popular Mechanics Magazine, etc. I read every single one of these publications daily. - 1970 - 1972.
Education
Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Architectural Design and Construction - 1974 to Present.
United States Navy Engineering A
School - mechanical systems - 1972 to 1974.
Saint Laurence High School -
college preparatory school - Burbank, Illinois - 1968 to 1972.
World
Book Encyclopedia – Had read every volume of this set between the
ages of 8 and 12.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy – Participated in his first election campaign at the age of 6. (true story)
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