Aubrey Larsen

Landscape Designer + Planner

Aubrey joined Landmark Design in 2022, and has become a valued contributor to many projects including the Tri-Canyon Trails Plan, Bluffdale Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Big Cottonwood Regional Park Master Plan, and South Ogden General Plan Update. She is currently managing the Highland City General Plan, Salt Lake City Park Signage Implementation, SITLA Richfield Small Area Plan, and assumes day-to-day planning efforts
for Heber City.

Prior to joining Landmark Design Aubrey spent nearly seven years with the State of Utah’s Community Development Office where she created award-winning tools, guides, resources, and programs in support of local planning efforts. In 2020 she published the GIS Applications in Municipal Management Guidebook, which provides information and strategies for community leaders, planners, and managers to help overcome barriers to utilizing geographic information systems. The Guidebook was awarded Best Use of GIS by the Utah Division of Technology Services in 2021 and received a Project Merit Award from the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association in 2022. She also provided high-level support for the Regional Planning Program, topic-driven research on relevant planning challenges and opportunities facing Utah’s communities, review of Small Planning Grant applications, digital and print design work, and mapping assistance to municipalities with limited capacity during her years working for the State of Utah.

Aubrey is recognized for her role as Coordinator of the Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative. For four years she worked to build knowledge and capacity of Cooperative partners and stakeholders, increasing public understanding of the benefits and implications of dark-sky conservation, and establish a collaborative advocate’s network. Aubrey is a member of the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) and a member of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program Collaborative Leadership Network. She received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning in 2014 and a Master of Bioregional Planning degree from Utah State University in 2017.

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