Twelve mid-career professionals from a variety of

Twelve mid-career professionals from a variety of disciplines have been awarded fellowships for 2005-06 in the Knight Program in Community Building, based at the University of Miami School of Architecture. In early November the group convened for the first session of the program, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The program, which began in 2001, aims to advance the knowledge and practice of New Urbanism and smart growth. The fellows are: Russell Bloodworth, executive vice president of Boyle Investment Company, Memphis; Geoff Dyer, principal in Civic Design Group, Calgary, Alberta; Jonathan Ford, project engineer for Judith Nitsch Engineering, Boston; Glenn Kellogg, principal in Urban Advisors, Washington, DC; Joseph R. Molinaro, director of Smart Growth Programs for the National Association of Realtors, Washington, DC; Karin Morris, senior regional planner for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Philadelphia; Mary Newsom, associate editor, Charlotte Observer, North Carolina; Stephen B. Rhoades, landscape architect with Patti Banks Associates, Kansas City, Missouri; Anthony Mark Sease, principal in Civitech, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Janet Behrens Seibert, arts administrator and civic arts coordinator in the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office, City of Austin, Texas; Kristopher A. Smith, administrator of the City of Miami’s Overtown Neighborhood Enhancement Team, Miami, Florida; and Monica R. Smith, interim director of HOPE VI for the Detroit Housing Commission, Detroit, Michigan.