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G rowth through expanding to where Brian Mayfield, CP, GISP, GLS Director of Remote Sensing Services, Tampa, Florida â€œIn 2008, I moved from Fairfax to Tampa to further the development of Dewberryâ€™s remote sensing services team. Our photogrammetric services provide a complementary internal service offering to many of our engineering groups and allow us to offer more well-rounded services to our external clients. â€œIn 2009, Dewberry was tasked to remap the planimetric features for Baltimore County, Maryland. Rather than rely on an external subcontractor, Dewberry selfperformed this work using our remote sensing services production staff and knowledge of the countyâ€™s geospatial data needs. This resulted in an expedited completion schedule and overall savings to Baltimore County when compared to previous planimetric projects for the county. â€œAs a manager, Dewberryâ€™s biggest investment in me is the freedom to invest in our staff. Iâ€™ve had several employees join professional organizations, complete graduate certificate programs, and receive certification as GIS professionals. These initiatives have a direct impact on the professional growth of our staff and make our team stronger, more diverse, and more accomplished. â€œI love coming to work each day because I can look around our organization and see my fingerprints on positive growth for Dewberry. I like knowing my contributions are tangible and are felt in a positive manner by our clients and staff.â€ Meg Bower, AICP, LEED AP Senior Planner, Baltimore, Maryland â€œIâ€™m based in Baltimore, but Iâ€™m also part of Dewberryâ€™s Fairfax office. My location has enabled us to have a stronger presence for clients in Maryland. Iâ€™m involved with planning for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and I do a lot of planning for GSA and municipal clients, including Fairfax County where weâ€™re planning a replacement police and fire headquarters. I love the creative problem-solving aspect of our workâ€”weâ€™re able to meet our clientsâ€™ needs using a wide range of solutions. â€œI just earned my LEED accreditation and completed the project management training here. One of my goals is to help create a stronger sense of community among the planners at Dewberryâ€”weâ€™re embedded throughout the organization and represent a broad spectrum of skills and expertise. In April 2010, many of us from around the country will take part in the American Planning Associationâ€™s conference in New Orleans, where there will be a focus on disaster relief. We hope to showcase Dewberryâ€™s entire complement of planning services.â€ Corinne Bartshire, AICP, CFM Hazard Mitigation Planner, Oakland, California â€œI recently moved back to California from Boston, Massachusetts, and am expanding Dewberryâ€™s hazard mitigation planning and emergency management services on the West Coast. My projects keep me traveling the country from Mississippi and Louisiana to North Carolina, South Dakota, and California. In 2009, I coordinated the development of County Emergency Management Snapshots for the western region of North Carolina. Our team interviewed every county in North Carolinaâ€™s western region to create a 10-page book of â€œneed to knowâ€ information, for use by neighboring counties when assistance is necessary. In 2010, I am kicking off two new hazard mitigation planning projects in California: one for Santa Clara County and the other to assist with the public outreach for the California State Hazard Mitigation Plan. â€œMy husband and I love to travel. We used our move to California as an opportunity for a two-week crosscountry road trip. In Minnesota we saw the largest ball of twine rolled by one person and added North Dakota to our list of states weâ€™ve visited.â€

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