Jacobs - South Florida Regional Planning Council

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Mr. Jennings, National Practice Leader for Design at VHB
MillerSellen, is an experienced landscape architect specializing in
taking projects from their earliest conceptual and planning stages
through their full development and implementation. He frequently
serves as a principal, project manager, and/or landscape architect for
many of VHB MillerSellen’s national and regional planning, design,
and engineering projects. Mr. Jennings brings over four decades of
experience in a variety of project types including: institutional,
corporate, government, medical, residential, and resort and
entertainment projects.
University of South Florida 2010 Master Plan Update, Tampa, FL
Mr. Jennings served as the principal-in-charge for the 2010 Master Plan
Update. Since the last master plan update, the challenges facing the
University have accelerated and grown more acute as energy
alternatives, transportation limitations, constrained budgets, increasing
regulation, and an aging infrastructure combine to present a complex,
interrelated mosaic of issues that will be addressed in the master plan
update. The 2010 Master Plan update performed by VHB MillerSellen
will build upon the work completed for the 2005 Master Plan, with
greater emphasis on incorporating sustainable design strategies ranging
from energy system improvements to transportation demand
management. As team leader, John bring to USF the experience,
knowledge and commitment to provide the highest quality services
necessary to support the master plan update.
Master Planning of Signature Parks, James City County, VA
Mr. Jennings assisted the county in creating a vision for the three parks.
He oversaw the park’s layout design and the 2-day Charrette. He was
also involved with the public involvement for the parks plan-ning
which consists of the master planning of two approximately 100-Acre
waterfront parks and the planning for the renovation of an existing
marina. The project includes multiple public involvement/ stakeholder
meetings, a resident survey and an economic evaluation of proposed
park elements.
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Beginning in 1990 with a landscape master plan, Keene State College
has continuously engaged VHB MillerSellen to provide site design and
environmental services during all phases of its development. KSC
identified the need to improve academic facilities, student housing and
support service facilities to meet its ever-changing academic needs.
Through the master planning process, a priority to improve the campus
character through new building programs, removal of parking in core,
landscape improvement projects and infrastructure projects the College
has lead to over a dozen landscape projects. As Design Principal, Mr.
Jennings worked with the architects and campus administrators on the
detail design and development for the site and infrastructure
improvements and landscape context for the new campus buildings.
John R. Jennings
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Institutional Master
Planner/ National
Practice Leader for
Design
Mr. Jennings is an
experienced landscape
architect specializing
in planning and
design services for
Institutions. He has
managed projects
from the earliest
conceptual and
planning levels
through the
development of
implementation
strategies for funding,
design, and project
implementa-tion. He
is the team leader for
our institutional
services group here at
VHB and an active
member of SCUP.
Education
B.A., Landscape
Architecture,
University of Oregon
Professional
Registrations
RLA: AZ, IN, MA,
MO
32 years professional
experience
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