TSW Announces New Associates & Director of Landscape Architecture

September 2004

Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates is pleased to announce that the following people have been named Associates of the firm: Laura Kraul, Caleb Racicot and Ron Wootton.

Paul Brickey has been named a TSW principal and Director of Landscape Architecture.

Paul Brickey, Principal and Director of Landscape Architecture

Paul Brickey joined TSW in 2003, after eight years serving as Vice-President with the HOK Planning Group. Paul is an experienced Senior Planner, Designer and Manager with an extensive background in site planning and design, urban design, and parks and recreation planning and design. He will direct landscape project management, planning and design as well as quality control of bid documents. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Paul has taught at three state universities, the University of Arkansas, Mississippi State University and the University of Georgia. Paul’s work has won many awards over the years, including a 2002 ASLA Merit Award (Historic Winder Downtown Redevelopment), a 2002 Honor Award (Historic Gainesville Downtown Streetscape Redevelopment) and a 2001 Urban Design Award (Piedmont Park Oak Hill Restoration).

Laura Kraul, Associate

Since joining TSW in September of 2002, Laura has contributed to several projects involving downtown master planning, park design, college master planning, urban greenspace planning, and zoning and code ordinances. She has participated in numerous public meetings and workshops for the municipal master planning projects. Prior to obtaining her MLA at the University of Georgia, Laura was employed in a variety of marketing and management positions during thirteen years with Motorola, Inc. Her wide experience base in strategic plan development, customer contact, research, product design and promotion has been a valuable asset to TSW. Her current project work includes: Columbus MidTown Project Study, Piedmont Park North Woods Master Plan, Decatur Preservation Corridor Master Plan, Kennesaw State University Master Plan and several landscape design for the KSU campus.

Caleb Racicot, Associate

Caleb is a community planner specializing in urban design, smart growth codes, community retail strategies, and the use of corridor studies as catalysts for community building. Caleb has worked in both the public and private sector and is an effective consensus builder. Prior to joining TSW in 2001, he practiced planning in Atlanta with the City of Atlanta Bureau of Planning. While with the City, Caleb worked on a variety of projects including urban design studies, zoning initiatives, land use plans, community facilitation, and Geographic Information Systems. He holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Caleb’s current projects include: Avondale Estates Downtown Zoning Code, Buford Town Center LCI Study, Central Martinez Area Study, Delk TOD LCI Study, Ponce/Moreland Corridor Study, and the Woodstock Downtown Zoning Code.

Ron Wootton, Associate

Ron, who formerly worked with Surber Barber Choate & Hertlein Architects, John Portman & Associates and offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, is an architect with over 30 years of experience in varied use types including hotels, office buildings, multifamily housing, retail, restaurants and country clubs. Ron holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is currently project manager for Cosmopolitan on Lindbergh, a 400-unit housing project consisting of condominiums, apartments and town homes on a compact urban site in Buckhead.