2. Christopher Walsh is an award winning landscape architect and planner with over 18 years experience in
Landscape Architecture and Site Planning, including Land Use Planning, Community Planning, Park
Planning and Design, Natural Resource Management Programs, Sustainability Planning,
Comprehensive and Regional Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Relations and Project
Management for private companies and local, state and federal agencies.
Christopher has a collaborative working style, and is passionate, persuasive, articulate, and is able to
achieve results others believed to be impossible.
 Developing Comprehensive and Site Master Plans
 Transportation, Land Use, and Zoning Planning
 Urban Design and Community Planning
 Commercial, Industrial, Office, and Residential Site Design
 Developing Sustainability Plans
 Grading Plans and Design and Earthwork Calculations
 Construction Drawings
 Crafting Visioning Plans
 Facilitating workshops and problem solving sessions
 Illustration, Hand Drawings, and Graphic Design
 Project Management – Budgeting and Forecasting
 Public Speaking and Public Relations
 Creating marketing materials and site analysis for
economic development
Introduction
Core Experiences
Christopher is an Expert in Adobe Suites, InDesign, Photoshop,
Illustrator, AutoCAD, ArcView GIS, 2-D and 3-D rendering, WordPress,
SurveyMonkey, SketchUp, and MS Office Suite.
He has been a Guest Speaker and Key Note Speaker at professional
conferences and seminars discussing “Cost Effective Public
Involvement”, “Comprehensive Green Streets Master Plans”, and
“Incorporating Sustainability into the Transportation Process”.
Christopher has facilitated over 100 workshops, as well as, client
roundtables, seminars, conferences, public hearings, and media
presentations. He has developed and published brochures, reports,
construction drawings, and press releases.
Of Note
Education
Masters of Communication and Leadership, Gonzaga University
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture/ Planning, Louisiana State University

3. Town of Garner, Streetscape Master Plan
The Streetscape Master Plan is a component of a comprehensive
transportation plan and streetscape design for Garner, North Carolina. Its
focus is on revitalizing Garner’s historic downtown and developing a new site
and transportation plan to complement a move toward form-based land use
regulations for the town.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Contract Negotiation
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including: all writing and design layout
 Submittal and Presentation to Town Council
 All Communications including: multi-media, print, television, social
networking, web, and blogs
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop, ArcView, WordPress, SurveyMonkey, and AutoCad

4. Town of Garner, Streetscape Master Plan continued

5. Corridor Study for North Carolina State
Highway 24
The Marine Corp Base Camp Lejeune dominates the south
side of the State Highway 24 corridor. The north side of
the corridor is an older commercial thoroughfare in need
of aesthetic, land use, and safety updates. This study
focuses on how these factors interact with travel in the
corridor and provides solutions for better integrating
transportation with land uses. Working with the Marine
base, local, state and federal government officials and
regulations.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including: writing and
design layout
 Submittal and Presentation to City Council
 All Communications including: multi-media, print,
television, social networking, web, and blogs
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, MS
PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop,
ArcView, and AutoCad

6. Saudi Arabia/ Aramco Homeownership
Master Plan
Development of a nationwide Home Ownership Master
Plan for Saudi Aramco that addresses potential residential,
mixed use, commercial, and industrial sites throughout
Saudi Arabia. The Master Plan reviews and selects
preferred sites nationwide, development of appropriate
land use combinations for the selected sites, review and
assessment of the existing economic programs and review
of all infrastructure requirements.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Lead Planner
 Facilitation and Meetings
 Design and Illustrations of various
sites and schematic sketches
 Document Development including:
writing and design layout
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS
Excel, Adobe Indesign, Adobe
Photoshop, ArcView, and AutoCad

7. Saudi Arabia/ Aramco Homeownership Master Plan Continued

8. City of Griffin, Town Center LCI Study
Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative
(LCI) is intended to promote greater livability, accessibility,
mobility and development in existing and emerging
employment centers, town centers and corridors. The
rationale is that by directing development towards areas
with existing infrastructure this will benefit the region and
minimize sprawling land use patterns. Project included a
Market Analysis, Grant Writing, Economic Development,
Transportation, Environmental Impact Analysis, Zoning,
Land Use, Urban Design, and a Commuter Rail Station.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Lead Planner/ Designer
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe
Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, ArcView, and AutoCad

9. City of Durham, Warren Creek Trail
Greenway trail restoration identifying problem areas
including flooding, siltation, and invasive species.
Developing plan for restoration of this park and trail.
Addressing issues including natural resources, flooding,
creek restoration, wetlands, stormwater management, and
storm sewer conflicts. Analysis of existing site, making
recommendations, creating construction drawings, and
meeting with local government officials and stakeholders.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 All Communications including: multi-media, print,
television, social networking, web, and blogs
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe
Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, and AutoCad

10. Galveston Park Board, Galveston, TX
Seawolf Park, a seaside park, sustained substantial damage
from Hurricane Ike. Working with state and federal
agencies accessing the damage, establishing priorities for
removal, rebuilding projects, restoration planning, and
implementation. This redesign and recovery plan
addresses ADA, ASTM, and CPSC requirements and
guidelines.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Lead Planner
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including: writing and
design layout
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, ArcView, and AutoCad

11. CDC Chamblee Campus Master
Plan
The CDC-Chamblee Campus Master Plan is a
comprehensive site plan that draws its
inspiration from the natural environment of
the site itself. The establishment of an overall
direction for site development within the
master plan was emphasized in the design
process in order to ensure a strong unified
campus identity. The Master Plan addresses
multiple uses, security, development priority,
funding, and facility planning. The challenge
of the master plan process was the knitting of
existing buildings, new construction, both
office and industrial uses, and future
development into a cohesive campus.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Lead Planner/ Designer
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including:
writing and design layout
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
MS PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop, ArcView, and
AutoCad

12. City of Jacksonville (NC) Green
Streets Master Plan
Creating and managing the Collector & Green
Streets Plan for the Jacksonville region.
Developing sustainable street environments
managing stormwater on an onsite level while
reducing Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in
surface runoff for its collector streets. Plan
includes a street right-of-way, a variety of
design and operational systems, providing
treatment for storm water while giving priority
to pedestrian and bicycle circulation and open
space over traditional transportation uses.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including: all
writing and design layout
 Submittal and Presentation to City
Council
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
MS PowerPoint, Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop, ArcView,and
AutoCad

13. City of Jacksonville (NC) Green Streets Master Plan Continued

14. NIOSH Pittsburgh Campus-CDC
A comprehensive master plan addressing
current campus needs for the new National
Personal Protective Technology Laboratory as
well as determining a sustainable direction for
the future. The initial stages of the master
plan process included an evaluation of the
Master Plan Drivers Report, an inventory of
existing site and operational conditions and
an assessment of campus needs that included
research, industrial, and warehouse facilities. A
key component of the planning process was
facilitating on-campus workshops and
developing a campus vision and a set of
guiding principles. The outcome of the
process was the development of a master
plan that enhanced perceptions, created an
efficient facilities plan, increased security, and
improved access.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including:
writing and design layout
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop,
and AutoCad

15. Inland Port Master Plan and
Industrial Site Plans
Analysis and site planning for potential inland
port, or similar facility, in the mountain region
of western North Carolina. The study
examined various freight data sources
(including PIERS, FAF, Global Insight, carload
waybill samples); profiled inland port facilities
and logistics operations nationwide; and
summarized regional shipping trends through
interviews with local manufacturers. A unique
component of the study is the feasibility
analysis that seeks to strike a balance between
common freight data indicators and local
planning.
Planning & Design
Work Performed
 Planner/ Designer
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including:
writing and graphics
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop,
and ArcView

16. Judaculla Rock Park Master Plan
Judaculla Rock Park contains one of the oldest petroglyphs
in the eastern United States and is one of the most
significant cultural landforms for the Eastern Band of the
Cherokee Indians. The goal of the master plan was to
Restore the natural resources of the site and establish a
management plan. A key component was facilitating
consensus-building workshops with the National Parks
Service, Cherokee Indians, activists, environmentalists,
archeologists, and scientists creating a plan to preserve the
site. The site plan vision contains a strong interest in
preserving the rock by restoring historic stormwater flows
and grades to reduce or eliminate sedimentation deposits
around the rock.
Workshops
Work Performed
 Project Management/ Lead Facilitator
 Facilitation and Meetings
 All Design and Illustrations
 Document Development including: writing and
design layout
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and AutoCad

17. Workshops Continued

18. 1996 Olympic Whitewater
Canoe and Kayak Venue
Development of the layout, water resource
management, and site grading for the viewing
terraces along the Ocoee River for the 1996
Olympic Whitewater Canoe and Kayak Venue
in Cleveland, TN. Working with the National
Parks Service and Tennessee Valley Authority
along with local community stakeholders.
Workshops
Work Performed
 Designer
 Developed Workshop Illustrations
 Grading Design of the viewing
terraces

19. Documentation
Developing construction drawings throughout
the United States including: site grading,
earthwork calculations, staking, horizontal and
vertical profiling, sections, stormwater
management and detention, pipe sizing, road
design, amenities, walls, columns, pools, and
facilties.
Construction Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 All Construction Design and Cad
Drawings
 Software utilized: AutoCad

20. Construction Design Continued

21. Ryland Homes
A 20 year ongoing relationship developing
comprehensive grading plans for all
developments within the Atlanta Region. The
grading plans are utilized as a basis for
developing a spreadsheet to determine site
construction cost including: hauling of debris,
earth removal or addition, retaining walls, sub
walls, padding of sites, finished floor and
basement elevations, as well as, other
constraints.
Construction Design
Work Performed
 Project Management
 Grading Plans
 Earthwork Calculations and Cost
Analysis Spreadsheets
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
and AutoCad

22. Photoshop
Taking existing photographs and graphically
modifying them to illustrate potential design
options. Additionally, creating new images to
support planning concepts for both
professionals, clients, and the community.
Illustration
Work Performed
 Photoshop Rendering and
Modifications
 Software utilized: Adobe Photoshop

23. Illustration-Photoshop Continued

24. Photoshop and InDesign
Developing various graphics both hand and
computer mediated to communicate project
information. Designing logos, graphics and
promotional materials for public meetings,
tradeshows, blogs, and websites.
Illustration
Work Performed
 Photoshop Rendering and
Modifications
 Graphic Design
 Hand Illustration
 Freehand Sketching
 Software utilized: MS Word, MS Excel,
MS PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop, and SketchUp

25. Illustration-SketchUp Continued

26. Illustration-Hand Sketches Continued

27. Illustration-Graphic Design Continued

28. Illustration-Thumbnail Sketches Continued

29. Illustration-Sketch Book Continued