Conner Trent 2-24-2020

Hey guys! Working in the planning Studio there are times when its crazy busy and then there are weeks that are very light and I usually end up helping the Landscape Studio with work. I'm currently working on a conceptual alternatives guide booklet, which consists of different design alternatives for the client.

DTJ is also embarking on a 5-year mission to establish DTJ's planning practice as the Premiere Community Design Company in the nation. Which is a pretty big deal and I'm excited to be apart of the beginning!

Other than that I've been working on parcel development for a project called Summerlin in Las Vegas that's 50,000 acres! There are so many methods of planning that I've been learning, excited to share them when we all get back.
Summerlin Plan linework on google maps

This past weekend I went down to the River North Art District (RiNo) in Denver which was really and filled with public art everywhere and awesome modern architecture. It also has a lot of breweries and awesome bars in the area.  
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Couple of images I grabbed from google, I forgot to take pictures on my phone when I was there lol

Sunday I went and checked out the boulder reservoir and the trails around it. Took a nice 4-mile trail around some cattle and horse ranches and there were prairie dogs everywhere. The snow rolled in and out and it was beautiful to be surrounded by it. 
Small Frozen lake on the trail

View looking towards the mountains 

Happy Mardi Gras! Hope yall have a good week!











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  1. Austin SchroederFebruary 24, 2020 at 11:56 AM

    Conner, now that you've got some experience, how do planning projects in real life compare to what we've done in school?

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    1. Conner TrentFebruary 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM

      Mainly the size of the development, and dealing with a true city code with restrictions. The projects here are usually more of a planned community than city planning like with Bruce's studio project. Most of the planning projects here take 5 years and have different development milestones to reach each year. The idea of trying to plan a development in a semester seems like a joke to me now.

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    2. Austin SchroederFebruary 25, 2020 at 9:30 AM

      hah wow that's a pretty long time. Seems like it would be hard to keep track and remember all those codes

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    3. Conner TrentFebruary 26, 2020 at 3:34 PM

      Yeah a lot more technical stuff that we've never been exposed to

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