The Place Track covers a lot of ground. Just the concept of “sense of place” alone, which deals with a community’s personality, touches on identity, architecture, public art, public spaces, and overall look and feel (or public face of a community). The track also covers the concept of “third places” – where people like to hang out when not at home or work – which delves into the broad topic of how to create a cool place. And, then there is the concept of place as the environment we live in or the outdoors in general. This gets us into historic preservation, sustainability, land use and being green. We found the guy who can cover all this ground in Jeff Miller.
Jeff Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hunter/Miller + Associates headquartered in Charleston, WV. He is a Designer, Planner and Problem Solver. Hunter/Miller’s mission is to creatively solve problems relating to revitalization, sustainability, preservation, in the built environment, in business and in organizational structure. Jeff’s list of projects (and awards) from his long career is too long for this post, but the breadth of these projects is what makes him a perfect Track Leader for Place.
Jeff has served under contract for the last two and half years as Managing Director of Projects and Technical Services for the Vandalia Heritage Foundation and its sister organization the Vandalia Redevelopment Corporation. In addition, he has become extremely active in the Revitalization efforts in the North Central West Virginia area and has begun to expand that involvement to all areas of the State.
Please join me in welcoming Jeff to his newest design and problem-solving role as Place Track Leader. I know Jeff will let you know what he comes up with for this year’s Place sessions.
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