LINK-GIS staffers, Christy Powell, GISP, Joe Busemeyer, GISP and Tom East, GISP, are presented with the 2014 ALL-SPICE award for their contributions to the Kenton County 2030 Comprehensive Plan project, in conjunction with members of the PDS Planning Department.

The PDS GIS department worked closely with the Homebuilders Association of Northern Kentucky (HBA) on a project to determine the number of “finished” subdivided lots in Kenton County. During the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals’ (KAMP) annual conference in Louisville in September, PDS Senior GIS Specialist Tom East, GISP, was awarded KAMP’s first ever President’s Award. LINK-GIS partners receive final delivery of 2014 aerial photography. LINK-GIS assist Pendleton County with determination of county line, resulting in saving the Public Works crew time and money. Planning and Development Services (PDS) hosted a “Girls Day Out,” Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) outing for girls of junior high age.

Planning and Development Services (PDS) held a mapping and GPS certified training course with Duke Energy. The Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council was awarded a grant from the U.S. Forest Service in December 2013 to develop land classifications and forest canopy data for Kenton, Campbell, and Boone counties. LINK-GIS staff member assist the Kenton County Clerk (Gabrielle Summe) and her team to draw and redraw voting precinct boundaries to match new legislative boundaries and to accurately detail any and all changes in accompanying reports. Christy Powell, GISP, NKAPC’s Senior GIS Programmer creates a bike and pedestrian count application for the NKAPC Planning and Zoning Department and a building damage assessment application to be used during an emergency situation to collect information such as number of people affected, contact names, and extent of damage. LINK-GIS staff create updated, multi-use address database.

LINK-GIS staff provides hands-on GIS support for Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College students. LINK-GIS staff member Tom East was asked to speak about NextGen 9-1-1 at the 39th Annual Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) Conference held the Galt House in Louisville. The Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) Service to GIS/Mapping Community award was presented to Christy Powell GISP, of LINK-GIS staff. Several of the LINK-GIS staff attended training seminars for WebEOC (Web Emergency Operation Control) and RAVEN911 (Regional Asset Verification & Emergency Network). A comprehensive inventory of sidewalks in Kenton County is pursued by NKAPC staff to create documentation which can assist legislative bodies with future planning efforts.

Assisted KC Clerk with reapportionment mapping, voting precinct mapping and voting location mapping. QAQC the Kenton County FEMA Preliminary Floodplain maps.