1. SALEM BUSH
1407 Thomas Ln. • Blacksburg, VA 24060 • 540-421-7576 • bushsalem@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Master’s of Environmental Planning and Design, May 2012
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Bachelor of Science in Geography, June 2006
RELEVANT COURSEWORK and EXPERIENCE
Internship: Renaissance Planning Group - Charlottesville, VA, September 2012-November 2012
Responsibilities include transportation and land use consultant planning, GIS mapping and document production.
Clients included VDOT, VDRPT, EPA, and various city and county governments.
Classes: City Planning, History of Urban Planning, Planning Law, Professional Hand Graphics,
Computer Graphics, GIS, Planning Ecology, Ethics and Professional Practice,
Environmental Planning Studios at the small, medium and large scales
Technical Skills: Arc Geographic Informations Systems, AutoCad, Adobe Suite including InDesign, Illustrator,
Photoshop, Micorsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, 3D Modeling and SketchUp, Professional Hand
Graphics, Exceptional Presentation Skills
Thesis: Bike Shares: Past, Present and Future and a Bike Share Feasibility Study for Athens, GA
A well rounded study of bike share models in an effort to create guidelines for communities interested in imple
menting their own system. ArcGIS and Adobe Suite software was used to design a twenty station system with
two hundred bikes for Athens, GA..
Graduate Assistant to the program head, gathering and preparing information and maps for the Summer
Assistantship: of 2011 Jicorito Master Plan in Jicarito, Honduras.
Projects: Jack R. Wells Low Income Housing Charrette in Athens, GA, Spring 2011
(Porfolio available A design charrette fueled by public hearings intended to correlate subsidized and market priced housing together.
upon request) Urban design solutions were implemented to triple the number of onsite residences while sustaining the natural
environment.
9th Street Station TOD Master Plan in Charlotte, NC, Fall 2011
mixed use development plan oriented around the 9th Street light rail stop in downtown Charlotte. Plan included
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sketches, details, diagrams, schematic drawings and a master plan.
Jicarito Master Plan in Jicarito, Honduras, Summer 2011
A public and private land use plan with emphasis on preventing further hurricane damage to the community.
Intensive inventory of ecological issues including storm water run off and flooding were fundemental to the plan.
Clayton County Water Authority Master Plan, Marrow, GA, Fall 2010
A land use plan geared toward strategic and economic development, while maintaining the natural environment of
the site. Ecological aspects of the site were examined to determine futre development.
TOD Master Plan for Lovejoy Station, Marrow, GA, Spring 2010
A mixed use development situated around a planned light rail station in a rural community ten miles south of
Atlanta. Urban design solutions were used to create a mixed use pedestrian mall based on the clients
recommendations.
Designing Walkable Neighborhoods around Timothy Elementary School, Athens, GA, Fall 2011
A land use plan encouraging walkable neighborhoods in a suburban/commercial area of Athens.

2. SALEM BUSH
Environmental Planning and Design Portfolio

3. 9th Street Station Charlotte, NC Fall 2011
The Plan
Transit-oriented
development plan for
future station on the
Charlotte Light Rail Blue
Line. The site lies on the
edge of Center City
with a great deal of
development potential.
Goals of project include
improving connectivity,
Proposed retaining a neighborhood
Land character, activating
area with mixed use and
Use including ample
by impervious surface with
open space.
Floor
Figure Ground and Current Land Use Current Circulation Proposed Additional Ciruclation
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4. 9th Street Station Charlotte, NC Fall 2011
Master Plan
Graphics: AutoCad, Adobe Illustrator,
Photoshop, Hand-drawn with pen and
watercolors
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5. Designing walkable neighborhoods ATHENS, GA Fall 2011
The goal of this project was to construct a redevelopment plan in the Atlanta Highway, Timothy
Road and Epps Bridge Parkway. The priorities of the redevelopment plan were to:
1. Increase residential density to bring more people within a walkable distance of Timothy Elementary
school, retail, and office facilities.
2. Increase the amount of affordable housing, focusing on apartments and condominium buildings.
3. Realign Atlanta Highway/Timothy Road intersection to improve traffic flow.
4. Add roads where needed to improve connectivity.
5. Improve pedestrian and bicycle connectivity through the addition of paved, multi-use trails.
Graphics: AutoCad, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, ArcGIS,
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6. THE GACDS PLAN ATHENS, GA Fall 2010
The Plan
The plan strives to provide office
space to house the Georgia
Association of Conservation District
Supervisors (GACDS) and associated
organizations. The proposed design
allows public access to walking trails,
community agriculture, and
demonstration gardens. Signs and
exhibition areas offer passive eduction
opportunities regarding wildlife species
and conservation tecniques; additionally,
dedicated conference rooms, pavilions,
and demonstration areas allow for in
depth workshops. The overall design
adheres to the principles embodied by
the GACDS by connecting academic
enrichment to the natural environment.
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7. CCWA LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN MARROW, GA Fall 2010
The Plan
The plan emphasizes land conservation and
an opportunity for the Clayton County
Water Authority to make an economic
profit. The major components of the plan
include land conservation, recreational
opportunity, residential development, mixed
use development, and a utility educational
facility. There is economic opportunity for
the CCWA site with mixed use and
residential development, while still allowing
for most of the property to remain
forested. The mixed use and single family
neighborhoods on the property all have
access to major roads and are designed
in an efficient manner to keep the natural
integrity of the land. The design of the
forested area that runs throughout the site
emphasizes an organic shape to allow for
riparian buffers and wildlife corridors.
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8. CCWA SW CORNER LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN MARROW, GA Fall 2010
The Plan
The major themes of this design were to include transit-oriented-development with a population that can support a rail station. This design offers a
variety of development, but is primarily mixed use. There are many office and commercial buildings mixed with residential. With this type of density
and mixed use, congestion and automobile traffic can be a problem. Attempting to alleviate these issues, I have laid out as little pavement as possible,
while still providing manageable automobile circulation and ample parking. The most important aspect of this design is to create a uniquely pedestrian
friendly environment. The central portion of the design, east of the station platform and in-between the three round-abouts is a pedestrian mall. The
auto independent mall is achieved with a bridge that connects the north and south round-abouts and parking decks located on both ends. The lower
left part of the design has a hotel with commercial surrounding it, as well as two apartments. The upper left corner of the design is office mixed with
medium density residential. The lower right part of the design is a research/office park. The middle section of the design has the two parking decks
and a pedestrian mall with high density mixed use. The far right side of the design is single family detached lots with apartments in the middle.
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9. ATHENS BIKE SHARE FEASIBILITY STUDY Athens, GA Spring 2012
The bike share feasibility study was part of my
thesis and ArcGIS was integral to
determining number of bikes and number and
placement of stations. The graphic to the right
shows an appropriate radius drawn around the
center of Athens to use to determine census
tracts to conduct a population study and
determine the right amount of bikes and stations.
The bottom three graphics show the factors
used in a GIS weighted overlay to determine the
station placement. The factors included
residential density, bike lanes, important cultural
landmarks, grocery stores, vicinity to bus stops,
popular destination points, slope, and
governmentally owned property.
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10. Athens bike share feasibility study Athens, ga spring 2012
Station placement results based on the weighted overlay
Results of weighted overlay for stations placement
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0 4000 feet
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11. 3D MODELING CORRIDOR STUDY CHARLOTTESVILLe, VA 2012
This is a project I worked on to show various modal circulation around transit stops in a densely populated urban environment. The above illustration shows eighth,
quarter and half mile buffers around the center of the densest development. The image on the upper next page shows the auto circulation of the area. It includes a
half mile buffer of circulation within the site (red) the centers and through corridors intended to have a faster posted speed around the site (blue). The image on the
lower next page includes other modes of circulation through the site including freight (purple), public transit (blue), bicycle (orange), and pedestrian (green).
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12. 3D MODELING CORRIDOR STUDY CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 2012
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13. GIS WORK Athens, GA 2012
GIS Weighted Overlay to determine best areas for park space
Land-use map generated with Arc Editor Tool
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14. CCWA SW CORNER LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN ATHENS, GA Fall 2011
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15. PHOTOSHOP and sketch up work Athens, GA Spring 2011
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16. Hand Graphics
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17. SALEM BUSH
1407 Thomas Ln. • Blacksburg, VA 24060 • 540-421-7576 • bushsalem@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Master’s of Environmental Planning and Design, May 2012
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Bachelor of Science in Geography, June 2006
RELEVANT COURSEWORK and EXPERIENCE
Internship: Renaissance Planning Group - Charlottesville, VA, September 2012-November 2012
Responsibilities include transportation and land use consultant planning, GIS mapping and document production.
Clients included VDOT, VDRPT, EPA, and various city and county governments.
Classes: City Planning, History of Urban Planning, Planning Law, Professional Hand Graphics,
Computer Graphics, GIS, Planning Ecology, Ethics and Professional Practice,
Environmental Planning Studios at the small, medium and large scales
Technical Skills: Arc Geographic Informations Systems, AutoCad, Adobe Suite including InDesign, Illustrator,
Photoshop, Micorsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, 3D Modeling and SketchUp, Professional Hand
Graphics, Exceptional Presentation Skills
Thesis: Bike Shares: Past, Present and Future and a Bike Share Feasibility Study for Athens, GA
A well rounded study of bike share models in an effort to create guidelines for communities interested in imple
menting their own system. ArcGIS and Adobe Suite software was used to design a twenty station system with
two hundred bikes for Athens, GA..
Graduate Assistant to the program head, gathering and preparing information and maps for the Summer
Assistantship: of 2011 Jicorito Master Plan in Jicarito, Honduras.
Projects: Jack R. Wells Low Income Housing Charrette in Athens, GA, Spring 2011
(Porfolio available A design charrette fueled by public hearings intended to correlate subsidized and market priced housing together.
upon request) Urban design solutions were implemented to triple the number of onsite residences while sustaining the natural
environment.
9th Street Station TOD Master Plan in Charlotte, NC, Fall 2011
mixed use development plan oriented around the 9th Street light rail stop in downtown Charlotte. Plan included
A
sketches, details, diagrams, schematic drawings and a master plan.
Jicarito Master Plan in Jicarito, Honduras, Summer 2011
A public and private land use plan with emphasis on preventing further hurricane damage to the community.
Intensive inventory of ecological issues including storm water run off and flooding were fundemental to the plan.
Clayton County Water Authority Master Plan, Marrow, GA, Fall 2010
A land use plan geared toward strategic and economic development, while maintaining the natural environment of
the site. Ecological aspects of the site were examined to determine futre development.
TOD Master Plan for Lovejoy Station, Marrow, GA, Spring 2010
A mixed use development situated around a planned light rail station in a rural community ten miles south of
Atlanta. Urban design solutions were used to create a mixed use pedestrian mall based on the clients
recommendations.
Designing Walkable Neighborhoods around Timothy Elementary School, Athens, GA, Fall 2011
A land use plan encouraging walkable neighborhoods in a suburban/commercial area of Athens.