Nicholas Lomako

Nicholas P. Lomako is a Senior Vice President of Wade-Trim, the company employed by Milford Township for the Planning and Zoning Commission. Nick has been with Wade-Trim since 1982. He is a member of the company's Board of Directors, and is a major stockholder of the firm. Nick also serves as President of Municipal Systems Consulting, a subsidiary firm established this year devoted to governance research, innovations, and solutions.

Mr. Lomako has 23 years of professional community planning consulting experience. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Planning from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Wayne State University where he was a Graduate Professional Scholarship Award recipient. He is a nationally certified professional by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a state registered Professional Community Planner (PCP).

Nick has served as a guest lecturer or topic facilitator for the Michigan Township's Association, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Society of Planning officials, Michigan Municipal Finance Officers Association, the Michigan Chapter of the American Planning Association, the Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, county planning agencies, the Partnership for the Saginaw Bay Watershed, and Southeast Michigan Council of Governments. He has lectured on corridor planning, zoning ordinance development and standards, capital improvements financing, strategic planning, Board of Zoning Appeals procedures, mobile home park development and regulation, public participation and on running effective meetings.

Mr. Lomako, in companion with an out-of-state consultant, developed training materials for community master planning. Similarly, he, along with the assistance of a Michigan-based law firm, developed training materials for the regulation of high-impact land uses. Mr. Lomako also conducted statewide training programs on these topics.

His work experience includes positions as a transportation planner and associate for community development with other Detroit-based consulting firms. Mr. Lomako's areas of expertise include community redevelopment planning, comprehensive planning, land development code preparation, Community Development Block Grand (CDBG) program administration, and commercial revitalization. He has also been an expert witness, conducted client training seminars on economic development, and land use planning and zoning, and served as a facilitator at strategic planning and urban design charrette sessions.

Nick is currently providing planning consulting assistance to a variety of Michigan communities. His current assignments include the Master Plan Update for Grand Rapids, Brownfield Plan for the City of Davison, Zoning Ordinance.

Update for Redford, and the U.S. 24 Corridor Redevelopment Plan for Telegraph Tomorrow, Inc., in Western Wayne County.