Mara Braciszewski

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About Mara Braciszewski

Urban planner and strong project management professional with experience working in multiple city administrations: Los Angeles, Ferndale, Hamtramck and Metro-Detroit. Certification in Design and Development. Believes in the power of urban design and the built environment to increase the quality of life for everyday people and to build more resilient, equitable and beautiful communities. Organizer experienced in effectively engaging stakeholders on topics that include Redevelopment Ready planning, flexible and equitable zoning, business support needs, economic development financing tools, and community empowerment. Prioritizes work and advocacy in historically excluded communities. Bilingual in Spanish. Currently leads business retention and expansion initiatives to support large scale industrial + commercial employers and high growth industry employers (e.g, a mobility start-up) in the city of Detroit. Specialties: strategic and practical project planning and implementation; grant writing; team leadership; interorganizational collaboration; design-thinking; urban design; participatory planning; economic development; zoning administration; and Spanish (read/write/speak). Fluent software skills: Illustrator; InDesign; Canva; Trello; Salesforce Proficient software skills: Geographic Informational Systems; Social Pinpoint; Revize; Smartsheet