About
Nancy Miller is a self-employed urban planning consultant who has been an independent business person all her life, having owned a retail store, a sales agency and a consulting business. She’s running for the City Commission because she has made a long-term commitment to helping Tallahassee be a wonderful place to live and work, and she believes that public service is the highest responsibility any citizen can take on in our democracy.
Since moving to Tallahassee in 1985, Nancy has raised two children and run a business while becoming very active in the community. Nancy was an original member of the Economic and Environmental Consensus Committee, the group that produced the Blueprint 2000 report — a plan for Tallahassee’s growth that resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars invested in parks, roads and greenways, including downtown’s Cascade Park and the widening of Capital Circle. Nancy is the Project Coordinator for the City of Tallahassee’s TAPP – Think About Personal Pollution — campaign and consults on issues related to growth management and water quality. She currently serves on the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission, the Blueprint 2000 Citizens’ Advisory Committee, the Leon County Water Resources Citizens’ Advisory Committee, and the Board of Sustainable Tallahassee. In her free time, she loves to frequent local restaurants and play with her grandchild, Caroline.
Nancy graduated from the University of North Carolina, has an M.S. in Biology from Northeast Louisiana University and received her M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University in 2006.
You can email Nancy directly at nancycaire@gmail.com.
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
- Planning Commissioner, Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission, 2008 to present.
- Leon County Democratic Executive Committee.
- Board of Directors, Sustainable Tallahassee, 2009 to present.
- Board of Directors, Apalachee Land Conservancy, 2005 to present.
- Board of Directors, Apalachicola Riverkeeper, 2005 to present.
- Leon County Water Resources Citizens Advisory Committee, 1994 to present.
- Founding member of the Economic and Environmental Consensus Committee (EECC), authoring the Blueprint 2000 and Beyond report.
- Tallahassee Board of Realtors Residential Lot Availability/Affordability Committee, 2003-2004.
- Site Specific Zoning Advisory Committee, City of Tallahassee, 1996.
- Blueprint 2000 Citizens’ Advisory Committee, 2006 to present.
- Environmental Management Ordinance Revision Committee, City of Tallahassee, 2002-2003.
- Leon County Growth and Environmental Management Permit Process Improvement Group, 2005-2006.
- Leon County Growth and Environmental Management Citizens’ Committee, 1998-2001.
- Trust for Public Lands Capital Cascades Trail Council, 2003-2005.
- TalTran Renaissance Stakeholders’ Group, City of Tallahassee, 2004.
- Welaunee Citizens’ Advisory Committee, 2002-2008.
- Sierra Club, Big Bend Group, 1994-2003.
- Chaires Elementary School, Parent Teacher Organization, 1990-1992.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Urban and Regional Planning Consultant
- TAPP Think About Personal Pollution Public Education Campaign, Project Coordinator
- City of Lynn Haven – Development of Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) based Comprehensive Plan amendments.
- Lake County – Compilation of data for EAR based Comprehensive Plan amendments, including water supply plan.
- City of Mexico Beach – Analysis for the Future Land Use, Conservation, Coastal Management and Recreation elements of the Comprehensive Plan to comply with Evaluation and Appraisal Report requirements.
- City of Lynn Haven – Population projections, vacant lands analysis, annexation analysis and review of growth patterns for the Evaluation and Appraisal Report.
- K2 Urbancorp, LLC – Atkinson Project. Pre-application documents for Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) project.
- Centerville Community Group, LLC – Centerville Farms. Assisted client with low impact development design options for stormwater treatment for conservation subdivision.
Business Management
- Lightspeed Marketing, Inc. Co-owner and Office Manager, (1985–2004).
Manufacturers’ representative agency serving the outdoor specialty sports market throughout the Southeastern United States.
- Outdoor Adventures, Inc. Co-owner and Store Manager, (1980–1984).
Outdoor sports retail store specializing in the non-motorized sports of bicycling, backpacking, camping, kayaking and canoeing. Pioneered the development of canoe, kayak and cycling market throughout Northeast Louisiana.
EDUCATION
- M.S. Urban Planning, Florida State University
- M.S. Biology, Northeast Louisiana University (Now University of Louisiana at Monroe)
- B.S. Zoology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2000 Sustainable Florida Leadership Award for the creation of Blueprint 2000 and Beyond.
- 2006 Watershed Champion Award for leadership in efforts to protect the waters of Tallahassee and Leon County.
