Garen G. Srapyan is an Associate Planner in the Long Range and Mobility Planning Division within the Community Development Department for the City of West Hollywood in California. Garen handles a number of complex projects for the City, including working on changes to the City’s zoning ordinance, leading extensive community outreach efforts and developing projects and processes to improve workflow within and outside of City Hall.
Prior to joining West Hollywood, Garen worked as an Urban Designer with Perkins+Will in San Francisco. At P+W, Garen worked on a wide range of projects, including developing design guidelines for a large waterfront development in San Francisco and coordinating and managing a sustainability master plan for an airport in Dubai.
Garen earned with distinction his Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He previously attended Woodbury University in Burbank, earning his Bachelor of Architecture degree.
Garen is currently leading a community process to develop an Eastside Community Plan which addresses economic development, housing, mobility, sustainability and other topics in a former Redevelopment Area. Additionally, Garen is supporting a major outreach program to identify community concerns around multi-family development projects in West Hollywood.
Garen hopes to use his experience in the Ross Minority Program to think critically about the complex social, technical and economic challenges associated with real estate development projects. Garen resides in Los Angeles.
Email: gsrapyan@weho.org