Antonio M. Rosell, P.E.

Project Manager and Director
Community engagement / Visioning / Lead designer

Antonio Rosell is founder and Director of Community Design Group. He is an Urban Planner and a Civil Engineer with more than ten years of planning and engineering experience, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Minnesota.

A recognized place-making, urban design, transportation, and community engagement expert, his advice is often sought by neighborhood and community organizations, bicycle and pedestrian advocates, and public officials. He is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute, and is a 2006-2007 Intermedia Arts' Institute for Community Cultural Development (ICCD) Fellow and a Moving Lives Speakers Bureau presenter.

He has led numerous urban planning and community engagement projects. Two recent projects include our firm's completion of the City of Edina's first Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan (establishing a comprehensive long-range bicycle transportation plan for a first-ring suburban community of 47,000 inhabitants), and of the City of Minneapolis 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Small Area / Corridor Framework Plan (a policy document covering land use, transportation and urban design guidelines for four neighborhoods in South Minneapolis with a combined population of more than 23,000 people).

Antonio's professional focus includes pedestrian and bicycle mobility, economic development, urban design, transportation planning, and community participation processes.

Select Project Experience

• Principal, City of Edina Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan, Edina, Minnesota
• Principal, 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Small Area / Corridor Framework Plan, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Principal, Lake Street Initiative, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Principal, Lake Street and Lyn-Lake Visioning and Design Workshops, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education

• Fellow, Intermedia Arts Institute for Community Cultural Development (ICCD), Minneapolis, 2007
• Master of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute, 2001 (thesis pending)
• Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 1994

Recent training

• Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety, Federal Highway Administration, July 2007
• Bicycle Facility Design, Minnesota Department of Transportation, May 2007

Boards and Committees

• Bike Walk Advisory Committee (B-WAC), Transit for Livable Communities, 2006

Memberships

• Professional member, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
• Organizational member, Complete the Streets Coalition

Awards

• Lukermann Prize, University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute
• Richard Bolan Scholarship, University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute

You can reach Antonio by email at arosell at c-d-g.org or by phone at 612.298.8301.