Andy Cross, AICP

Vice President @ The Lakota Group

About

I'm a city planner with experience in the suburban Twin Cities and Chicago metro areas. Areas of specialty include local historic preservation, sign design and municipal regulation, wireless telecommunications regulation, and public facilitation and mediation.

Country

United States

City

Chicago

Industry

Government Administration

Skill

AICP, Land Use Planning, Zoning, Urban Planning, Economic Development, Comprehensive Planning, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Redevelopment, Land Use, Historic Preservation, Public Policy, GIS, Community Outreach, Local Government, Sustainability, Transit-oriented Development

Experience

Vice President

The Lakota Group

2026-3 - Present · 7 mos

Senior Planner

The Lakota Group

2022-2 - 2026-3 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Senior Planner

City of Highland Park

2016-2 - 2022-2 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Planner II

City of Highland Park

2008-7 - 2016-2 · 7 yrs 8 mos

Highland Park, Illinois

Design and Architectural Review Commercial Site Planning & Development Facilitation Sign Code Development and Administration Historic Preservation Coordinator, Liaison to the Historic Preservation Commission

Associate Planner

City of Andover

2003-9 - 2008-7 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Andover, Minnesota

Zoning Code Enforcement Sign Code Administration & Enforcement Subdivision & Planned Development Zoning Entitlement Processes for Development Economic Development Initiatives

Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Urban Planning

2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs

- GIS Certificate - AICP Student of the Year Award - Departmental Academic Honors

University of St. Thomas

German, Geography

1994 - 1998 · 4 yrs

I studied abroad for one year in Berlin, Germany. I took classes at Humbold University and had an internship with the Stadtplannungsamt (City Planning Office) in nearby Potsdam.