- Vicki Oppenheim, AICP
Urban Planner
Green Living Consultant
GIS Consultant
- Green Living Talks and Seminars
- Urban and Environmental Planning Consulting
Background
I created Eco-Basic Home as a way to provide valuable information and resource on holistic living and
healthy homes. My husband and I modified our own home in Denton, Texas to promote a healthier
indoor air quality and a sustainable environment. I hope this website will help others to modify or build
their own healthy homes.
I have over 10 years of experience in urban planning, having first worked on affordable housing and
community redevelopment projects in New York City. In the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and
surrounding states, I have worked on over 100 development projects, including residential
subdivisions, commercial developments, and industrial projects.
Experience Summary
Project Manager
- Ms. Oppenheim has worked as an urban planner for over 10 years on residential, commercial, and
industrial development projects in densely urban neighborhoods, suburban communities, as well as
rural and unincorporated areas. She specializes in urban redevelopment, environmental planning, and
zoning and design services for new development.
Ms. Oppenheim has managed over 100 development projects, many of which
required presentations before the general public, city councils, planning and zoning
commissions, and other agencies. She has often worked closely with local community
organizations. Most recently with KJ Environmental Management, Inc., she has
provided environmental planning services for several brownfield and remediation
projects and has participated in environmental permitting projects for proposed
industrial and mining operations.
Education:
Columbia University, NY/MS/Urban Planning/1991
Bryn Mawr College, PA/BA/Growth and Structure of Cities/1989
University of North Texas, TX/Certificate/Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/2001
Professional Registration and Activities:
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Representative Project Experience Includes:
1.Bell Properties, Denton, TX, Municipal Setting Designation, Planning Services for
Brownfield Redevelopment Project for Multifamily Development.
2. McCulloch County, TX. Affected Property Assessment Report (APAR) for Brownfield
Evaluation and Remediation, County Landfill Site.
- Fractionation Sand Mine.
4. City of Frisco, TX, Development Review and Planning Services as City Staff Member
for Numerous, Zoning Cases, Subdivisions, and Commercial Developments.
5. Private Developer, Pilot Point, TX, Six Environmental Planning Evaluations and
Concept Plans for Residential Subdivision Near Lake Ray Roberts.
6. Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, TX: Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments, Prepared
Several Phase 1 Reports for Commercial Developments.
7. Denton Housing Authority, Denton, TX, Renaissance Court, Rezoning and Alternative
Plan Design for Redevelopment of Public Housing Site.
8. Sonic Drive-In Franchise, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, TX: Over 10 Planning, Zoning
and Subdivision Projects for Restaurant Sites and/or Commercial Developments:
Farmers Branch, TX; Cross Roads, TX; Melissa, TX; Denton, TX; Burleson, TX; Celina,
TX; Prosper, TX; Little Elm, TX; Saginaw, TX; and others.
9. Sonic Drive-In Franchise, Denton, TX, Planning and Rezoning of Mixed-Use
Development for Sonic Restaurant and Multiple Commercial Enterprises.
10. Private Developer, Denton, TX, Maple Leaf Homes, Planning and Rezoning for 100-
Lot Subdivision.
11. City of Sherman, TX, Brockett Street Improvements Feasibility Study, Three Concept
Plans for Redevelopment (10 City Blocks).
12. City of Carrollton, TX. Planning and Subdivision Services for Two Fire Stations.
13. Private Developer, Denison, TX, Development Plan, Planning and Zoning Services for
Industrial Development.
14. Cotton Patch Cafe, Fort Worth, TX. Planning and Subdivision Services.
Point Bank, Denton, TX and Flower Mound, TX. Planning and Subdivision Services.
15. Private Developer, Krum, TX. Zoning and Development Plan for Commercial
Development.
16. Community Service Society of New York, New York, NY, Study of Community
Redevelopment, Housing Abandonment, and Community Organizing in Bushwick,
Brooklyn; Harlem, New York; Oceanhill-Brownsville, Brooklyn; and University
Heights, Bronx.
17. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, NY,
Evaluation of Tenant Interim Lease Program (Low-Income Housing Program).
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