Experience
Award-Winning Projects | Supporting Roles by LandUseUSA
Over the past few years we have been published in three magazines and served in supporting roles on numerous award-winning projects (see examples, below).
Jackson Downtown
Master Plan
Urban Design Award | 2018 Award for its positive impact on the downtown
Sponsor | Michigan Association of Planning
Location | The City of Jackson, Michigan
Team Lead | Beckett & Raeder
Target Market Analysis | LandUseUSA
Project Rising Tide
Economic Planning and Development | 2017 Award
Sponsor | Michigan Association of Planning
Project Funding | The Michigan Dept. of Talent & Economic Development
Location | Hillsdale and River Rouge, Michigan
Team Lead | Beckett & Raeder
Target Market Analyses | LandUseUSA
Turn on 28th Street
Corridor Plan
Best Urban Design | 2015 & 2011 Awards
Sponsor | AIA Grand Valley Chapter
Location | The City of Wyoming, Michigan
Team Lead | Nederveld Associates
Retail Market Strategy | LandUseUSA
Partner | Williams & Works
Partner | Lott3Metz Architecture
Town Center & Transit
Oriented Development
Best Strategic Plan | 2013 Award
Sponsor | APA-Illinois Chapter
Location | The Village of Prairie Grove, Illinois
Team Lead | Teska Associates
Retail & Residential Market Strategy | LandUseUSA
Waterford Oaks
Waterpark Plan
Design Finalist | 2015 Award
Sponsor | Oakland County, Michigan
Location | Waterford Township, Michigan
Team Lead | Landscapers, Architects, Planners, Inc.
Market Assessment & TMA | LandUseUSA
Vernor Crossings
Place Plans
Urban Design Winner | 2015 Award
Sponsor | AIA-Detroit Chapter
Location | Springwells Village (Mexicantown)
Team Lead | Archive DS Architects & Urbanists
Retail Target Market Analysis | LandUseUSA
Partner | Michigan Municipal League
400+ Market Strategies
Coast-to-Coast Expertise
Sharon Woods has personally conducted field work across the nation, and her experience reaches from Alaska to Puerto Rico, from California to Maine, and from Washington State to Florida. She is currently serving as an on-call consultant for complex commercial land use strategies in California, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, and Maryland. She has also worked on retail acquisition strategies across Canada and provides pro bono consultation services in Windsor, Ontario.
Sharon serves as a supporting faculty member with the Incremental Development Alliance, which provides small developer workshops and boot-camps across the nation. She is also teamed with a select group of national firms through the Downtown Collaborative, originally founded by Ash & Lime (Dallas), 3BL Strategies (Dallas and New York), and the Project for Public Spaces (New York).
Sharon also travels the nation to meet-up with like-minded urbanists at the CNU’s annual congress. She has attended congresses in Washington DC, Buffalo, Detroit, Savannah, Seattle, and Louisville (2019); and is planning on attending the Congress in 2020 in St Paul. She also serves on the Board of Directors with the Michigan chapter of the CNU.