Joe at a waterfall
Joe and Carlin
Joe on a stand up paddle board
Joe moved to Nashville from Redmond, Washington in December of 2013 and joined the Design Center the following March. Joe earned a B.A. in Economics from York College of Pennsylvania and enjoyed participating in the music department throughout his time in college. In Joe’s intern career at the Design Center starting in 2014, he researched for Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan publication and helped create the Bankers Alley booklet.
What Joe does at the Civic Design Center:
In his current role, Joe manages community engagement and events, Design Studio projects, and TURBO projects. This includes some of the recent projects such as the Belle Meade Boulevard study, the LGBTQIA+ Community Center, and helped coordinate and run the community engagement for the Rebuilding 2nd Avenue process with Metro Planning. Joe is a great resource to answer questions regarding Design Center events, potential TURBO projects, and Internship and Fellowship opportunities.