Amanda Tainio has a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree from Washington State University with two decades of professional planning experience in the public sector, including a rare opportunity to experience the formation of a newly incorporated City.
Ms. Tainio has experience in all aspects of community development and City planning including long range, current, and park planning, building process and permitting, economic development and event coordination, urban design, SEPA review, grant funding, and capital project programming. She served as staff liaison to the City of Liberty Lake Planning Commission for 16 years and previously served on the City of Cheney Planning Commission.
Ms. Tainio is now a Principal Owner and the Principal Planner in Synergy Resources Consulting, a multi-faceted consultation company that provides strategies and insight for non-profit, government and business grant funding, community planning, project coordination, strategic facilitation, permit application assistance, research and analysis, and organizational development.
