Joy Wright Abbott
2617 Beechwood Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15217-2525
(412) 521-0711

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Hometown Planning & Design – Pittsburgh, PA
    Sole Proprietor – Sept 2004 to present
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development – Pittsburgh, PA
    Community Planning Specialist, Project Manager – November 2001 to Sept 2004
  • The “X” Main Street Corporation - Springfield, MA
    Grant Writer - February 2000 to July 2001
  • Mullin Associates and Lake Hitchcock Development Corporation – Pelham, MA
    Project Assistant – November 1999 to January 2000
  • Ware Community Development Department - Ware, MA
    Intern - July 1999 to February 2000
  • City of Chicopee, MA, Office of Community Development
    Intern - Sept 1996 to Aug 1997
  • Annie's Garden and Gift Shop - Amherst, MA
    Sales, inventory, plant maintenance in organic garden and gift shop - Seasonal 1996-97
  • Apollo Center of People, Inc. - St. Paul, MN
    Social Rehabilitation Coordinator - 1991 to 1995
    Developed Environmental Education and Therapeutic Horticulture programs; group and individual counseling; recreation events planning
  • Mental Health Center of Boulder County, Inc. – Boulder, CO
    Assistant Manager, Work Adjustment Training Shop – 1986-1991

EDUCATION:
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Masters in Landscape Architecture, 2001 - Thesis “A New England Greenway Vision Plan”
    Masters in Regional Planning, 2001 - Thesis Subject: “Urban Farmers’ Markets”
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
    Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, cum laude, 1986
  • Duquesne University, Small Business Development Center
    Self-employment Assistance Program

FELLOWSHIPS, ASSISTANTSHIPS & AWARDS:
  • Ecological Cities Project - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Research Assistant - July 2000 to September 2001
    Grant writing assistance for “The Humane Metropolis” an Ecological Cities Symposium, June 2002, NY, NY
  • Massachusetts Department of Fish, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement
    Urban Rivers Action Program Fellow (one of five chosen statewide) - Spring 1997
    Researched and developed web site Re: urban hydrology, soil bioengineering and stream restoration.
  • American Society of Landscape Architects Community Assistance Project, 1999
     New England Greenway Vision Plan
  • Boston Society of Landscape Architects Planning Merit Award, 1999
     New England Greenway Vision Plan

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
  • Nine Mile Run Watershed Association Board of Directors - present
  • Massachusetts Rural Development Council Board of Directors - 1999-2001
  • Fernbridge Gardens Board of Directors, Woodbury, MN – 1995-1997
  • Como Park Conservatory, Volunteer Gardener – 1995