Philip LaCombe

Current

• Intern at WalkBoston

Past

• Planning Intern at City of Northampton
• Environment & Land Use Planning Intern at Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• Technical Support Help Desk Analyst at GE Healthcare

• Eco-Rep at Brandeis University

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Education

• Brandeis University
• Danish Institute for Study Abroad

Connections

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Industry

Architecture & Planning

Websites

• My Website

Philip LaCombe’s Summary

Student of Sociology, Political Science, and Urban Planning. Experience with political organizing and activism. Primarily concerned with building communities based on social and environmental sustainability.

Philip LaCombe’s Specialties:

New Urbanism, Smart Growth, Social Capital, Civic Environmentalism, ArcGIS

Philip LaCombe’s Experience

• Intern

  WalkBoston

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  • Developing recommendations and an action plan to improve smart growth and transit oriented development regulations, review and design for pedestrians.
  
  • Developing, writing, and reviewing legislation addressing pedestrian safety (snow clearance, sidewalk surfaces, speed limits).
  
  • Reviewing projects and directing comments to the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act (MEPA) office, the City of Boston Article 80 Process, MassHighway and other public bodies.

• Planning Intern

  City of Northampton

  (Government Administration industry)

  July 2009 — September 2009 (3 months)

  • Applied for technical assistance through the National Park Service Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance program to develop a new long-term plan and greater connectivity for Northampton's multi-use rail trails.
  
  • Compiled the City's Commonwealth Capital application for FY10, summarizing its sustainable development and smart growth efforts and accomplishments in order to receive state funding.
  
  • Created 3D models of downtown buildings using Google SketchUp for insertion into Google Earth.

• Environment & Land Use Planning Intern

  Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  June 2009 — July 2009 (2 months)

  • Coordinated and conducted community stakeholder interviews for the Town of Ludlow Master Plan.
  
  • Authored a report on the present concerns of the community of Ludlow and suggestions for the town's future.
  
  • Created a database of potential brownfield sites in the rural Hilltowns region to focus new development.
  
  • Investigated the potential of achieving Smart Growth using conservation commission jurisdiction.

• Technical Support Help Desk Analyst

  GE Healthcare

  (Public Company; GE; Medical Devices industry)

  November 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 3 months)

  • Diagnosed and resolved a wide variety of hardware, software, and network issues in a Windows environment.
  
  • Mediated between the differing cultures of local users and members of the GE Help Desk based in India.
  
  • Learned how to work in a production-based team environment.

• Eco-Rep

  Brandeis University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

  • Educated peers on a new, easier and more cost-effective recycling system.
  
  • Started a composting program in a student residence quad.
  
  • Monitored energy use and increased access to electricity usage information.

Philip LaCombe’s Education

• Brandeis University

  BA , Sociology, Politics , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Democracy for America, Students for Barack Obama, Students for Environmental Action

• Danish Institute for Study Abroad

  Sociology, Politics, Urban Planning & Design 2009 — 2009

Additional Information

Philip LaCombe’s Websites:

• My Website

Philip LaCombe’s Interests:

sustainability, New Urbanism, urban design, complete streets social justice, activism, northward travel, environmentalism & living green, digital photography, new technology, one-to-ones

Philip LaCombe’s Groups:

Democracy for America

•    Urban Planning Group
•    Urban Design Network
•    Democracy for America - DFA
•    The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)

Philip LaCombe’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• reference requests
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