Webinar: Building Better Communities: The Role of Planning in Your Work - IN-PERSON WORKSHOP (Aug '25) by Community Development Works

This webinar explores how community planning affects nonprofit focus areas like health, equity, and economic opportunity, and offers strategies to align missions with planning efforts for more resilient, equitable communities.

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Claire Walker

Kim Marousek

Director of Planning

As CPEX’s Director of Planning, Kim is responsible for driving change at the local, regional, and state levels by lifting values and needs identified through civic and stakeholder engagement, through a comprehensive planning process that informs community decision-making. Kim has over 30 years of planning experience at the regional, county, municipal and neighborhood scales. She has worked both for and with local governments across Louisiana, leading community planning efforts, and seeks creative and collaborative solutions to address local issues.

About CPEX:
The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) is a non-profit organization that coordinates urban, rural, and regional planning efforts in Louisiana. We provide best-practice planning models, innovative policy ideas, and technical assistance to state and local governments and elected officials that wish to create plans for transportation and infrastructure, housing, environment, economic development, and quality design for the built environment. CPEX brings community members and leaders together and provides guidance as they work toward a shared vision for future growth and development. Since our founding in 2006, CPEX has contributed to planning efforts for more than 75 Louisiana cities, towns, neighborhoods, and parishes.

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