With over 40 years of experience in the planning field, Mr. Thorpe has been the Principal-in-Charge on most of the firm's urban and regional planning projects and environmental studies. He is a certified planner and has served as SEPA Responsible Official for several communities. Prior to founding RWT/A, Mr. Thorpe was instrumental in developing many innovative planning programs with the City of Mercer Island and two large engineering/planning consulting firms:

 

This included the development of a number of implementation tools such as:

SEPA Guidelines,

• Shorelines Management Program,
• Design Commission Guidelines,
• Zoning Codes,
• Master Planned Communities regulations, etc.

 

Mr. Thorpe has extensive experience with citizen involvement and has been retained by a number of public agencies and private citizen groups as a consulting urban planner.   He has served as a consulting planner to several Washington area cities, and is currently a college instructor in Urban Planning and the development process.

 

He has also been a candidate for the MAI (Appraisal) designation, combining expertise in land economics with design and planning.

 

He is a qualified expert witness in several jurisdictions and courts throughout Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

 

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, and an AIA - R/UDAT Team Member.   He serves on the BIAW Legal Trust Committee, has served for 3 years on the East King County Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, the Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club, and is Past President of the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Planning Association.

 

Education:

 

B.S. in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Nebraska (Minors in Architecture and Art)

 

Masters degrees in Urban Planning and Urban Development Economics from the University of Washington.

 

Email: rwta@rwta.com

 

 

 

 

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