Development Project

Trish Malone

P.O. Box ****

Kailua Kona, HI *****

808-***-**** work

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Education

M.A.Vermont College, M.A., Social Ecology Montpelier, Vermont July 2007

Southern Oregon University

Bachelor of Science Anthropology Ashland, Oregon June 2003

Certification Applied Anthropology June 2003

Experience

James Kent Associates

Pacific Rim Operations Manager Kailua Kona, Hawaii May 2005 to present

Responsive Development and citizen oriented design for new development on leeward side Hawaii

Kailua Kona, Hawaii May 2005 to present

Two Rivers Village

Cultural Based Marketing Analysis Dotsero, Colorado October 2004

West Medford Discovery Project

Researcher for social responsive planning Medford, Oregon Nov. 2003 April 2003

Awards

American Association of University Women

Most Outstanding Graduating Women in Anthropology Ashland, Oregon May 2003

Professional Experience

Managing Director, Pacific Rim headquarters of James Kent Associates

Senior Associate, James Kent Associates, Inc.

Trainer, Center for Social Ecology and Public Policy, Ashland, Oregon

Adjunct Faculty, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon

CEO, Malone Associates Inc.

Trainer, Bureau of Land Management Planning Concepts Course

Professional Skills

Professional Public Speaker

Technical and Grant writing

Cultural Anthropologist

Publications:

2009 “Wind Energy and Public Perception”, Right of Way Magazine, International Right of Way Association,

May/June 2009, pp. 32 35.

ECENT PROJECTS INSTITUTION PARTNERSHIP

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• Fostering citizen empowerment for ecological restoration and economic development in eastern

Connecticut, Orton Family Foundation.

• Social Impact Assessment for LEED Registered Residential Development, La`ipala Maki,

in Kailua Kona, HI.

• Responsive development along the Kona Coast through Citizen Oriented Design, Kona Heights, LLC,

Midland Pacific Homes.

• “The Ka`ū Listening Project: ‘Talk Story until There is a Balance’ A Community Assessment of Citizen

Issues Regarding Change and Development,” Office of the Mayor, County of Hawaii.

• Sierra County Comprehensive Plan, Sierra County, New Mexico.

• Trainer for United Way sponsored training: A Cultural Based Approach to Poverty Reduction, Medford, OR.

• Bureau of Land Management Spokane District Office (BLM) Comprehensive Social Assessment Land

Management

• Oregon Department of Forest A nalysis of Forest Recreation Needs, Northwest

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Case Example

O`oma Beachside Village: A Community Based Smart Growth Development

West Hawai`i is the setting of intensive growth pressures, and government does not often keep up with the impacts

created by development. Moreover, development occurs in the context of differences in economic standing and

ethnicity, so it appears to many people that there are winners and losers with development. Indeed, the displacement

of native Hawaiians from their own homeland is a very real occurrence and reflects a gap between the “haves” and

“have not’s” that is probably as wide as anywhere in the U.S.

JKA was hired in the middle of a controversy over the project to shift the emphasis from a second home golf

community to a citizen designed residential village. There was a high level of skepticism among residents when we

started that development can make a positive contribution to people who live nearby. Initial reactions to further

development were almost universally negative and occasionally even hostile. The standard JKA question came to be:

“How can development be done in a way that makes a contribution to community life?”

Over time, reflections on this question began to shift from negativity and skepticism, and began to be neutral,

curious and then positive. People got excited when they discovered that development might mean their kids could

come home, or not have to leave, that there would be housing for people who live here year round, that commuting

might be reduced and not be such a burden on family life, that there would be business opportunities for local

people. A pattern emerged in what people said that would shape this future project around particular key design

features.

The JKA team developed nine key design features that were later incorporated into larger project design.

1. A regional beach park, “airport to airport”, oriented for local use.

2. A looped trail system within the property and linked to other systems.

3. Contribution to address traffic, a connector road near the airport.

4. Contribution to youth education.

Respect for and interpretation of cultural resources according to local protocols.

5.

Respect for the landscape, “light footprint on the land.”

6.

On site worker housing in a self sufficient, pedestrian oriented village.

7.

Opportunities for local residents to own their own businesses on site.

8.

Live/work units, with living units above commercial and retail ventures.

9.

This work contributed directly to the development of the Kona Community Development Plan which was approved

by Hawai`i County Council in July, 2008. The plan has been recognized as a highly successful bottom up approach

to community planning and it enjoys broad public support.

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