IDCE Students Profiles
Claire Brill (GISDE ‘08)
Claire Brill (GISDE ‘08) is now the GIS analyst for the City of Worcester. While a student in the GISDE program, she won second place at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Student Paper Competition for her project Using GIS to Contrast Perceived Versus Preferred Priorities for Brownfield Redevelopment in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The paper, which came about through her involvement with the City of Worcester’s Mayor’s Brownfields Roundtable, compares the perceived priorities of decision-makers with the stated desires of stakeholders concerning brownfield redevelopment in Worcester.
Redeveloping brownfields left over from Worcester’s industrial past is a critical strategy for Worcester’s development future.
Claire found that, while economic development and job creation are the apparent focus for one set of influential decision-makers, protection of natural resources and public health are important to another group of stakeholders. This multi-stakeholder approach has served Claire well in her profession.
You can’t be a specialist. You have to be able to market yourself in different disciplines, which is what I have taken from my experience at IDCE.