Mbacke N'Diaye Faye
Senior Urban Planner at Newark Downtown District- Claim this Profile
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Wolof Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Full professional proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Experience
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Newark Downtown District
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United States
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Public Policy Offices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Urban Planner
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Jan 2020 - Present
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Urban Planning Associate
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Jan 2018 - Present
The Newark Downtown District (NDD) is the Business Improvement District of Downtown Newark. My role is to oversee and implement all urban planning projects: -Identified areas of the district suitable for placemaking activities.-Created quantitative and qualitative surveys to collect primary data -Managed all street assets (benches, trash receptacles, planters, and light poles) data within the district through ESRI Web Applications. -Created interactive maps of all current, completed, and upcoming redevelopment projects using CARTO. -Mapped transportation, demographics, real estate, and municipal data-Prepared and managed the Urban Planning Department budget -Represented the organization as an advisor to committees, official City employees, and citizens' groups to promote the organization's position in various planning and sustainability.
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GIS Consultant
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Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Provided mapping services for the South Beach Business Improvement District. Provided mapping services for the South Beach Business Improvement District.
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GIS and Policy Aide Intern
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Jan 2017 - May 2017
-Helped investigate the daily use of the Fairmount Line by MBTA riders, by calculating in ArcMap the daily percentage of trips from the fare ticket purchases.-Helped locate the matching pairs of origin and destination addresses of the different Regional Transit Authority Riders using geocoding methodology and network analyst tool in ArcMap.-Generated SQL Queries in order to analyze performance data of the Youth Pass Program of the MBTA by extracting, cleaning, and analyzing the performance data which was presented in a writing report with excel graphs and charts.
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Conservation Law Foundation
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United States
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Environmental Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Transportation Planning Intern
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Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
- Wrote a literature review about the different GIS methodology that help identify and locate “transit deserts” area.-Created GIS maps that was locating major employment density and the location of social services in Greater Boston. - Wrote a literature review about the different GIS methodology that help identify and locate “transit deserts” area.-Created GIS maps that was locating major employment density and the location of social services in Greater Boston.
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Johnson Park Redesign (Park Redesign Proposal)
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Jan 2016 - May 2016
The Johnson Park Redesign project in Swampscott was part of our academic field project. The project goal was to develop a park redesign proposal, for Johnson Park, with the Swampscott Planning Department which entailed:- Investigating the environmental, climate and soil conditions of the historical site.-Conducting a community meeting, door-to-door surveys and consulting different town committees.- Presenting the project findings to the residents of the Town of Swampscott.-Creating SketchUp design models, GIS maps and hand drawing illustrations that were presented in the park proposal plan.
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Gardens for Health International
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Rwanda
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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US Office Intern
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Sep 2014 - 2015
Assisted the Executive Director in her daily task-Reported donations weekly donations and created donors tax receipts-Discussed sustainable agricultural solutions with potential donors on the organization's blog.-Set-up the office google analytics to help monitor rate and behaviors of the public visiting the GHI website. Assisted the Executive Director in her daily task-Reported donations weekly donations and created donors tax receipts-Discussed sustainable agricultural solutions with potential donors on the organization's blog.-Set-up the office google analytics to help monitor rate and behaviors of the public visiting the GHI website.
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Earthwatch Institute
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Program Intern
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Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
-Responsible for assisting the Corporate Program Director in data analysis and reporting.-Created reports and dashboard using Excel and Power Point presentations to track revenues and improve future expeditions.-Conducted online research and presented findings, which resulted in enhancement of branch awareness and websites to post advertisements and news for various departments -Responsible for assisting the Corporate Program Director in data analysis and reporting.-Created reports and dashboard using Excel and Power Point presentations to track revenues and improve future expeditions.-Conducted online research and presented findings, which resulted in enhancement of branch awareness and websites to post advertisements and news for various departments
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Fund for the Public Interest
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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100 - 200 Employee
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Campaign Office Intern
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Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
-Assisted campaign directors in fundraising for environmental awareness-Conducted online search about environmental achievements, which were used in the fundraising campaign for 50 progressive groups -Provided job leads to hundreds of students and professors from sixty institutions -Researched and Reported on Wind Production Tax Credit Law. -Assisted campaign directors in fundraising for environmental awareness-Conducted online search about environmental achievements, which were used in the fundraising campaign for 50 progressive groups -Provided job leads to hundreds of students and professors from sixty institutions -Researched and Reported on Wind Production Tax Credit Law.
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Education
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Tufts University
Master’s Degree, Urban and Environmental Planning -
Suffolk University
Bachelor's Degree, Environmental Studies