JOYCE CROSTHWAITE
Cardiff, CA

AFFILIATION: Project Design

AREA OF EXPERTISE: Affordable housing, regional governance, and service provision

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE:  Joyce has had extensive experience with a variety of public agencies and private firms in California.  She has completed governmental restructuring studies involving the formation of new cities and districts, the regional provision of services and facilities, and the environmental review process and evaluation of local and statewide agencies. She has worked with nonprofit community groups, for-profit housing developers and municipalities in site planning, land use development and regional planning.  She has experience as a mediator for land use disputes and in group facilitation.                                

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Joyce is interested in the practical application of New Urbanist principles to existing communities, cities, and regions. Implementation techniques, such as revision of existing codes and public participation process, require an understanding of governmental structure and dynamics as well as a means of developing a consensus for a shared vision of the future.  She is interested in using a community as a case study to demonstrate successful implementation techniques of applying New Urbanist theory to improve the existing urban character while also addressing other intractable problems such as providing affordable housing or environmental protection.