Natalie Crown sitting in a room with green plants and natural light from a window.
Natalie Crown sitting in a room with green plants and natural light from a window.

Natalie Crown
Associate Planner

Natalie has a talent for making complex topics and planning processes engaging and approachable to the people they’re meant to serve. Her work spans comprehensive planning, historic preservation, and community engagement, with depth in development review, codes, and policy. A rare hybrid of technical depth and creative communication, she ensures plans work for everyone at the table, from community members to municipal staff.

  • Master’s in Urban Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Bachelor’s in Urban Studies & Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • APA, IL: Preserving Champaign: Updating the 1973 Heitzman Survey

ON REPEAT

Walking on Sunshine - Aly & AJ

OFF THE CLOCK

Trying to finish crosswords.

HILL I’LL DIE ON

Local radio > queuing each song yourself