Monica Carney Holmes

At 8:00 a.m. on Friday, July 16, you can watch the livestream event on YouTube by clicking HERE (no password required). If you registered for this event, a Zoom link was also emailed to you.

With a background in urban design and planning, Monica Holmes is committed to building a more equitable Charlotte. She has extensive charrette design and implementation experience, actively working with stakeholders to reach actionable solutions. Prior to joining the city she consulted over 40 communities, both big and small, on planning and urban design issues. She is experienced in placemaking, transit oriented design, neighborhood design, graphic design, and project management. With both public and private sector experience, Monica designs spaces and places that inspire people to have fun, get engaged, and love their community. She is thrilled to be working for her hometown, bringing her international design experience to her own backyard. Since beginning with the City of Charlotte she has focused on building an urban design and placemaking program that builds social capital and transforms the way the city thinks about the built environment leading projects such as Open Streets 704, GovPorch, and currently the Placemaking Team with Corridors of Opportunity. In 2018 and 2019 Monica was on special assignment, leading the rewrite of a new Transit Oriented Development Zoning Ordinance. After a year and a half of engagement and drafting, the ordinance was unanimously adopted by the Charlotte City Council, charting a new path for existing and proposed development along the transit corridors. Monica currently is the Managing Designer for the City of Charlotte’s Urban Design Center.