About Dave Munson


David Benjamin Munson was born on July 30, 1986, in Walnut Creek, California, although he grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He served a two-year mission for the LDS Church in the Boise, Idaho region when he was 19.  He was married on December 27, 2008, in the Sacramento California Temple to Holly Van Woerkom.  He graduated from BYU and worked as a planning intern for Spanish Fork City and a designer for Long Pine Consulting.  He recently graduated from the PennDesign graduate planning program at the University of Pennsylvania, and works for AECOM in Alexandria, VA.

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5 Responses to About Dave Munson

  1. Nan Ellin says:
    July 5, 2013 at 1:14 am

    Dear Dave,

    Your blog is wonderful. I especially like your post on SLC and would welome the opportunity to meet if you’re ever visiting. You may be interested in my new book, Good Urbanism. This book describes a paradigm shift currently underway from focusing on deficits and objects to assets and systems, fostering a felicitous turn in urban design, placemaking, and community building. Illustrated with 10 case studies, it offers a clear path for accelerating this shift in our own practices composed of 6 steps: Prospect, Polish, Propose, Prototype, Promote, and Present. My publisher is offering a 25% discount by using the code 4ELLIN when ordering it from Island Press, or you can request a review copy for free by emailing press@islandpress.org.

    Best regards,
    Nan Ellin
    Chair
    Department of City & Metropolitan Planning
    University of Utah

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    • Dave Munson says:
      July 15, 2013 at 10:52 am

      Professor Ellin,

      Sorry it has taken me this long to respond. My wife and I just had a baby, and my blog has been put on the back burner a bit until we are able to set up more of a routine. I saw your presentation a few years ago at Penn on the opportunities presented by Phoenix’s canals, I thought it was very interesting. I’ll take a look at your new book and put together a review in a little while. Thanks for your comments, and be sure to let Michael Larice know that I said hello.

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