Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
Tim Wright, P.E.
Project Engineer, Fiscal Impact Analyst
Based in
Shreveport, Louisiana
tim@verdunity.com
214-430-4450 ext. 202
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Registrations
Professional Engineer
State of Louisiana – No. 44264
State of Texas – No. 137991
Professional Affiliations
ASCE - Shreveport Branch
Shreveport Common
ReForm Shreveport
A-Truss Bridge
Strengthsfinder Top 5
Strategic, Developer, Context, Includer, Empathy
Education
B.S. Engineering – Civil Concentration: LeTourneau University
I grew up in the suburbs of Dallas, with a limited experience of what a city could be. After I got my engineering degree, I reverse-migrated to the small southern city of Shreveport. The city’s Texas character was familiar (we’re only 20 miles away) and the Louisiana culture was fun, historical, and quirky. I became fascinated with the ways that Shreveport could ‘re-form’ itself, and saw this as the most important thing the city could be doing to improve its future. That grew into the ReForm Shreveport, a community engagement initiative that’s engaged Shreveporters with the public process and educated citizens on all the exciting things happening in our city. Creating a city where everyone feels included and needed in civic life motivates me to keep doing what I’m doing!
About
Tim Wright is a project engineer with a range of experience in community engagement, tactical urbanism, civil design, and project management. From college, he's shown a desire to have a well-rounded education and experience in engineering, knowing about all facets of a project he's involved in. He has experience in water and wastewater main design, GIS, transportation planning and roadway design, and most recently, site developments projects that combine many of these knowledge areas in the complex field of land development.
Tim’s experience in fiscal impact analyses and community projects also broadens his role with Verdunity. Working on these analyses to reveal the true impacts of development, especially from an engineering perspective, has given him an in depth understanding of how engineering decisions affect cities’ fiscal position. He also started a non-profit, Reform Shreveport, that advocates for smarter land use and transportation policies. This has given him an understanding of local politics and community dynamics that are indispensable in working on our projects.
Just because…
What do you do outside of work? After work hours, I enjoy mountain biking, going to the driving range, and playing ultimate Frisbee.
Favorite podcast? Typology with Ian Cron
Music you put on while you’re working? Some of my favorite bands are Young the Giant, Arcade Fire, Metric, Leon Bridges, Honne, Phoenix, Walker Lukens, and Grizzly Bear.
One book (or more, if you must) you'd recommend that you've read in the last 2 years? Finish by John Acuff.
Favorite childhood breakfast cereal? Lucky Charms.
Learn More
Head on over to the Go Cultivate! podcast and tune in to Tim’s episode of our ongoing “Meet the Verdooners” mini-series!