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Registration <br />Licensed Architect <br />in Minnesota and Wisconsin <br />Accreditation <br />U.S. Green Building Council <br />Leadership in Energy and <br />Environmental Design Accredited <br />Professional (LEED AP) <br />Affiliation <br />American Institute of Architects <br />American Planning Association <br />Sensible Land Use Coalition <br />Economic Development <br />Association of Minnesota <br />Education <br />Master of City Planning, <br />Master of Science, <br />Real Estate Development, <br />Certificate of Urban Design, <br />Massachusetts Institute <br />of Technology (MIT) <br />Bachelor of Architecture, <br />North Dakota State University <br />Recognition <br />Hugh Hampton Young Fellow <br />Bush Fellow <br />Recipient of 1996 AIA <br />Minnesota Young Architects <br />Citation <br />Recipient of 1997 National AIA <br />Young Architects Citation <br />1, <br />PERFORMANCE <br />DRIVEN DESIGN. <br />Proposed Project Team and Experience - Professional Profiles <br />Michael A. Fischer, AIA, LEED AP <br />Project Principal <br />Michael has 28 years of experience as project principal, project manager, project <br />designer, and project architect on planning, urban design, educational, commercial <br />and governmental projects. He has become an expert on Tax Increment Finance <br />District analysis assisting over 100 cities with strategic planning for TIF Districts. <br />In addition, Michael has experience working with local, regional, State, and Federal <br />agencies to secure funding for a variety of projects. He is a Senior Vice President at <br />LHB and currently leads the Minneapolis office. <br />Michael completed a two-year Bush Fellowship, studying at MIT and Harvard in <br />1999, earning Masters degrees in City Planning and Real Estate Development from <br />MIT. He has served on more than 50 committees, boards and community task <br />forces, including a term as a City Council President and as Chair of a Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization. Most recently, he served as Chair of the Edina, Minnesota <br />planning commission. Michael has also managed and designed several award-winning <br />architectural projects, and was one of four architects in the Country to receive the AIA <br />Young Architects Citation in 1997. <br />Relevant Experience <br />• Firemen's Park; Chaska, MN <br />• Wayzata Bay Center Redevelopment-, <br />Wayzata, MN <br />• South St. Paul Parks Master Plan; <br />South St. Paul, MN <br />• North Urban Regional Trail; Dakota <br />County, MN <br />• Albert Lea Comprehensive Master <br />Plan; Albert Lea, MN <br />• US Steel Lake Vermilion Master Plan; <br />Tower, MN <br />• Seward/Longfellow Midtown <br />Greenway area plan; <br />Minneapolis, MN <br />• Lowry Avenue Corridor Revitalization <br />Project; Minneapolis, MN <br />• Bassett Creek Valley Eco -Industrial <br />Master Plan; Minneapolis, MN <br />• Tower Avenue Revitalization; <br />Superior, WI <br />• Olivia Downtown Redevelopment; <br />Olivia, MN <br />• Barker's Island Master Plan; <br />Superior, WI <br />• Cloquet Downtown Revitalization <br />Plan; Cloquet, MN <br />• Old Downtown Duluth <br />Revitalization Plan; Duluth, MN <br />• Franklin Emerald Planning Study; <br />St. Paul, MN <br />City of Orono - Land Use Planning Services for the Navarre Area Plan 19 <br />