EDUCATION:

* Western Michigan University: Master of Public Administration, 1992.
                                    * Michigan State University: Urban Planning, B. A.

* Western Europe Urban Survey:
    Studied housing, transportation, solid waste, and community organizing.

* North and Western African Urban Survey:
    Studied housing, transportation, solid waste disposal, and cultural characteristics.

* Mexico and Central American Survey:
    Observed economic survival techniques, public services, housing, public transportation,
    solid waste disposal, and the integration and separation of divergent cultures.

EXPERIENCE:

Owner/operator, Blickley's Property Management Company, 1980 - present. Third Ward Commissioner, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1984 - 1991. Neighborhood: Helped form first neighborhood association in city, WEFF/Eastown.Youth: 
    1. Provides a youth group support service/MotorHome & Free Computers.
    2. Helped design the youth activity support organizer program adopted by the Eastown Community Association.
    3. Operated Blickley's horse-back riding stable & campground on farm.
    4. Hosted Christian Youth Camp at our farm.


Crime: 
    1. Helped formFestivals:
    Helped design and present the first neighborhood festival:Housing:
    Helped design state legislation outlawing unfair discrimination,
    in mortgage and home improvement loans based on race, age and location.
Refuse Collection:  Helped design the first city-wide refuse collection system in the city.


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