FORT MYERS, FL (July 2010) – Johnson Engineering has named Laura DeJohn, AICP, as the Director of the Planning & Landscape Architecture services market group.
Laura joined Johnson Engineering in 2004 to lead the planning services in the firm’s Collier County office. She has 11 years of professional experience in the planning field, in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining Johnson Engineering, Laura served five years as a planner for the City of Naples, Florida. She graduated from the University of Virginia with Bachelor of City Planning and Master of Planning degrees.
Laura manages projects involving development feasibility studies and site assessments, monitoring reports, code writing, preparation and presentation of land use and zoning applications, site design, master planning, and community visioning. Her scope of experience includes entitlement of residential, mixed use, community facility, commercial and industrial development and redevelopment projects; historic preservation; architectural design review; annexation; and incentive-based codes. Laura works to facilitate projects that implement smart growth principals and sustainable strategies. She has presented for the American Institute of Architects of Southwest Florida and the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, and sits on the Collier County Development Services Advisory Committee. She has worked as lead planner for the Collier Park of Commerce annexation, interlocal service boundary agreement negotiations, comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning; the Vision for the East Trail Corridor; and the Lee County Port Authority comprehensive planning and rezoning projects.
