Arlene Rodriguez

Franklinville High School

Class of 2001

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Arlene Rodriguez - Class of 2001 - Franklinville High School

First Name	Arlene
Last Name	Rodriguez
Graduation Year	Class of 2001
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	PA
Country	United States
Occupation	Urban Planner
Married	No
Favorite School Memory	soccer, going to the basketball games or football games. Senior Trip to Florida (Disney, Sea World, Old Town, Cocoa Beach, Typhoon Lagoon)
About Me	After graduation I attended the University at Buffalo and was hoping to persue my career in Architecture. After a few weeks of studying architecture I realized I was interested more in the Planning aspects of the city with the interest of Architecture. I wanted to help plan a city that peopld would live work and play and enjoy it. I graduated in 2005 with my Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Desgin. I took a year off to help me figure what I wanted to do and worked at AAA. After a year off I realized that the bachelors degree was not giving me the opportunities that a Master's degree would give me. Therefore, I went back to the University at Buffalo to persue my Masters in Urban Planning (M.U.P). I graduated with my M.U.P in 2008. In November 2008 I was offered a position as a Planning Assistant with The Crawford County Planning Commission in Meadville, PA. What do I do? I create maps of properties, towns, cities, environmental issues. I help create comprehensive plans- these plans are available to most towns, cities and it describes what the land use is now and how the land could change or stay the same to be a successful city. Do they need more businesses, green space, people or infrastructure. I work with a program called Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and it is a lot like google maps. It is a great programming tool for a planner because we can take the map we created as a representation to the community as to what th...(read more)