Harmony Fierke-Gmazel takes on new role of Outreach Specialist
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EmailThe School of Planning, Design and Construction welcomes Harmony Fierke-Gmazel, MURP, AICP, into a new roll within the Urban & Regional Planning program.
The School of Planning, Design and Construction welcomes Harmony Fierke-Gmazel, MURP, AICP, into a new role within the Urban & Regional Planning program. Gmazel, who previously taught as an instructor in the URP program, will now serve as an Outreach Specialist in addition to teaching duties.
Over the past 20 years, Gmazel worked in the local, regional, aviation and academic sectors. Her work has been focused on community visioning, regional planning efforts, zoning administration and resiliency efforts including the formally adopted M-104 Access Management Plan (Mead & Hunt, Inc.); The Chippewa County Airport Master Plan (Mead & Hunt, Inc); The DeWitt Charter Township Open Space Preservation Plan (DeWitt Charter Township); The Grand River Ave/Michigan Avenue Corridor Study (Tri-County Regional Planning Commission); Greening Mid-Michigan Poster Plan (Tri-County Regional Planning Commission); The Tri-County Urban Growth Boundary Study (Tri-County-Regional Planning Commission); and the Meridian Charter Township Complete Streets Ordinance (Tri-County Regional Planning Commission).
In recent years, Gmazel’s focus is on three policy areas: housing, renewable energy regulation and tribal land management and planning. She is on the national award-winning MSUE Housing Policy team that provides trainings on Inclusive Housing, Housing Equity and Planning and Zoning for Missing Middle Housing. In 2023, she served the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority as a facilitator in a series of Regional Housing Plan discussions in Detroit, Downriver Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing and is currently on the MSHDA Region K (Based in Ann Arbor, MI) Communication and Education Committee.
