The Team
nature.city.cool brings together Karen Walz’s expertise in community planning and sustainable places with Heather Dickie’s strengths in strategic communications, creative storytelling, and marketing.
United by a shared passion for vibrant, sustainable communities and the natural environments that enrich our lives, we are creating a platform that showcases inspiring places, the people behind them, and the collaborations that make them possible.
Through compelling stories, images, videos, and social media, we hope to spark curiosity, share ideas, and inspire the next generation of planners, designers, and community leaders to shape a more sustainable future.
Karen S. Walz FAICP, Principal at Strategic Community Solutions,
Karen S. Walz FAICP
Principal, Strategic Community Solutions
Karen Walz brings over 45 years of professional analysis, community involvement and policy recommendation expertise to her projects. This experience means that Ms. Walz can assist her clients as they consider alternatives, agree on plans and policies and then implement these decisions to shape their futures.
Ms. Walz has served on the staff or as a consultant to cities, counties, regional governments, school districts, non-profit organizations and property owners. Her work experience includes East and West coast communities, as well as Texas, the Midwest and Western U.S. Client communities range from towns with a few thousand people to cities with over one million residents and counties covering 13,000 square miles. This client diversity gives Ms. Walz a wide variety of potential solutions to bring to the issues facing her clients.
Heather Dickie, President, Dickie+Associates LLC
Heather Dickie
President, Dickie+Associates, LLC
Through the years since, I have had the joy and challenge of developing the strategic communications and marketing for and working on some of the high profile signature projects in Dallas including the Morton Meyerson Symphony Hall, the rollout of DART light and commuter rail, Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and every component and opening of the Trinity River Corridor Project.
I have worked with some of the most astute business owners and CEOs, incredible teams and extraordinary vendors. I strive to create an environment where the insights, acumen, and talents of all have a voice and we work together to create solutions and reach our goals. And, have fun with it!
Join us in discovering cool places, sharing inspiring stories, and imagining what’s possible when nature and people come together.
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