Our founder and President, John Pagenkopf leads a team of subject-matter professionals who are hand picked for each assignment the firm undertakes.

 

With more than two decades of diverse experience in real estate development and land design, John began his career as a residential project manager. Since 1985, he has:

 

• Supervised subcontracting and scheduling trades for DKM Enterprises,
• Built a staff of 20+ designers in regional offices for Toll Bros, and
• Managed the in-house design team of architects, interior designers and engineers for South Jersey’s largest commercial developer, Whitesell.

 

John’s award-winning work has included everything from hosting a design charrette for a 2,500-home, master-planned golf course communities to creating a 100-square foot knot garden.

 

John balances his professional experience with substantial government service at the municipal level. As chair of his township’s Planning Board, as a member of the Township Committee and as Mayor, John has seen land use from “the other side.”

 

EDUCATION

• West Virginia University: Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture
• Harvard University GSD: Studies in land planning

 

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

• Certified Planner – nationally licensed by the AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners)
• Professional Planner - NJ
• Certified Landscape Architect – NJ
• Registered Landscape Architect – MD, PA & DE
• American Planning Association
• Urban Land Institute
• Congress for New Urbanism - PA Chapter, past Board of Director Member

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Lumberton Township (NJ) Committee, Past Mayor
• Lumberton Township Planning Board, Vice Chairperson and past Chairperson
• Lumberton Township Board of Education, Past Member
• Habitat for Humanity Burlington County, Board Member
• Burlington County Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
• Red Cross of Burlington County, Past Board Member
• Easton Bible Church, Past Deacon Board Member

 

AWARDS

• Gold SAM Award for Best Model Park for the Neighborhood at Fries Mill, Clayton Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey 1991
• MAME Award for Best Single Family Community over $175,000 at Kings Crossing, Moorestown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey 1994
• NJAPA Outstanding Planning Implementation Award TND village utilizing TDRS to condense 80% of the development of the town on 4% of the land
  Old York Village, Chesterfield Twp., Burlington County, NJ 2004
• NJAPA Outstanding Planning Implementation Award for Lumberton Township as the first TND in New Jersey 1996