Mr. Hughes, Vice President and Director of Urban Planning and Design, joined Halff Associates in 1995. Lenny has more than 24 years of experience in urban planning and design, landscape architectural design, active transportation planning and an extensive background in visioning, community planning and public engagement. Lenny has helped shape the growth and development of communities across the state of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, leading trail planning and design, public outreach and urban planning efforts for large mainstream markets to small rural communities. His client base includes the City’s of Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Oklahoma City, OK, Norman, OK, Collin, Denton and Dallas County, TxDOT/LaDOT/ODOT, USACE, NCTCOG, DART, and a multitude of municipalities across the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex and state of Texas and Oklahoma. Mr. Hughes has developed a high level of experience in Trail Planning and Design with more than 100 miles of built trails and has successfully written and received more than $100M in Federal, State and Local Grants within the last ten years. He is committed to all issues of trail planning and design, understanding the need for safe, creative, yet sustainable development. Mr. Hughes strives to work in a partnership with his clients, ensuring that the design and construction is customized to meet their needs as each project is unique.