Senior Planner

Nico Tucker

Email: ntucker@nemcog.org

Phone: 989-619-4069

  • Coordinate Michigan Department of to provide technical and planning assistance to local governmental units.

  • GIS, GPS and Computer Mapping.

EDUCATION:

  • Michigan Technological University

  • Civil & Environmental Engineering

PROJECT EXPERIENCE AT NEMCOG:

  • Transportation Asset Management Program

  • Michigan Department of Transportation Work Program

  • Alcona County Asset Management Pilot Project

  • Alcona County Parcel Mapping

  • Montmorency County 911: GIS Mapping

  • Montmorency County Parcel Mapping

  • M-55 Access Management Plan

  • Grayling Area Transportation Plan

  • Northeast Michigan Non-motorized Transportation Plan & Investment Strategy

  • Thunder Bay River Watershed Initiative

  • Thunder Bay River Watershed Initiative: Implementation Project

  • Thunder Bay River Watershed Initiative Phase 2: North & South Branches

  • Cheboygan/Lower Black River Watershed Initiative

  • Cheboygan/Lower Black River Watershed Initiative: Transition Project

  • Alcona Black River - Coastal Watersheds Initiative

  • Hillman Community Schools Safe Routes to School Plan

  • I-75 Gaylord East-West Crossing Implementation Project

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

  • Transportation & GIS Specialist (Contracted): East Central Michigan Planning & Development Regional Commission

  • Transportation & GIS Specialist (Contracted): Northeast Michigan Council of Governments

  • Natural Resources Technician: Montmorency County Conservation District

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

  • Upper Black River Watershed Restoration Committee

  • Alcona Black River Watershed Advisory Committee

  • Thunder Bay River Restoration Committee

  • I-75 Task Force

  • Region 9 Rural Task Force

  • Otsego Transportation Advisory Group

  • Ten years of experience in natural resources, transportation and GIS.

  • Primary focus for the last ten years has been transportation planning, natural resource planning, and river restoration and habitat improvement. 

  • Grew up in northern Michigan and has spent entire career working in the northeastern Lower Peninsula

PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for facilitation and development of transportation studies, corridor studies, and watershed plans.