People Behind the Plans: Taryn Sabia

About This Episode

Resilience, civic infrastructure, and participatory design — these topics and more play important roles in Taryn Sabia's work. Taryn is the director of the Florida Center for Community Design and Research at the University of South Florida's School of Architecture and Community Design, where she's also a research associate professor. In a wide-ranging conversation with host Courtney Kashima, AICP, she talks about why planners must encourage the development of a civic infrastructure in their communities — and how they can do that.

Taryn discusses the Mayors' Institute on City Design, which she hosted in 2014 and 2017, and allows city officials to work with planners, architects, and designers on tough development challenges in their cities. In reflecting on the interdisciplinary nature of her work, she underscores the need for allied professions to come together on resiliency issues — such as building erosion due to saltwater inundation — as many Florida communities grapple with these realities daily.

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