LaShondra Holmes Stringfellow, AICP
Planning Manager
About LaShondra
LaShondra brings more than 20 years of planning and community development leadership from the municipalities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, McKinney, Cedar Hill, and League City. She has led teams of over 40 professionals, built and restructured departments, and guided complex zoning, subdivision, and code amendment initiatives in high-growth municipalities and politically sensitive environments. Her leadership has supported City Councils, Planning & Zoning Commissions, and multiple boards, while advancing major initiatives such as comprehensive plans, small area plans, urban forestry policy, development process improvements, and large-scale rezonings.
LaShondra values collaboration with people from different backgrounds and perspectives to find solutions to complex problems. Under her direction, her teams have received three Texas American Planning Association awards for comprehensive planning and current planning, reflecting a consistent track record of excellence, innovation, and measurable results.
DeSoto, Texas
Location
Contact
214.430.4450 ext. 207
American Institute of Certified Planners
No. 137412
Registrations
Professional Affiliations
Restorative
Developer
Connectedness
Individualization
Responsibility
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University of Texas – Arlington
M.S. City and Regional Planning
Baylor University
B.S. Journalism & Social Work
Education
Q&A with LaShondra
What do you do outside of work?
I spend most of my free time with my family, we love playing board games – Ticket to Ride and Codenames are two top contenders. I enjoy photography as a hobby and especially love portraiture.
Favorite podcasts?
The Daily, Fresh Air, This American Life, In the Dark
Music you put on while you’re working?
Sylvan Esso, Run the Jewels, Les Gordon, Pinback, Gang Starr, Talking Heads, Kendrick, Glass Animals
One book (or more, if you must) you'd recommend that you've read in the last 2 years?
Oh, I must.
Generally, my non-fiction pick would be Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography of LBJ; The Years of Lyndon Johnson, but I also just read Tim Higginbotham’s Challenger and thought that one was fantastic.
Fiction; I have a much harder time picking just one, I think Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro was fantastic, and for a quick read, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig was pretty fantastic.
I’ll also make one professionally-related recommendation, which is Brian O’Looney’s Increments of the Neighborhood. This is one of the most comprehensive catalogs of the various scales and types of buildings you find in cities and towns across America.
Favorite childhood breakfast cereal?
Quaker Oatmeal Squares!