About me


I'm from and currently working in Cleveland, Ohio as a Planning Technician with Cleveland Metroparks. I work for a park district and my office is at a zoo... I love my job. Most of my work involves maps (if you couldn't tell from the rest of the site, I really like maps). I got my start in our Natural Resources department working in the invasive plant program where I would carry around a backpack sprayer and a GPS unit and map our daily work. From there I worked my way up to where I am now in our Planning/GIS office, making maps for the entire park.


I get to work in all aspects of the mapping process, collecting, creating and analyzing data, then designing maps around that data for both print and web formats. Recently I've gotten more into the engineering and planning side of our department, hence more "site plans" in the projects section. In the end it is all very similar. You are taking something most people find horribly boring, i.e. spreadsheets for maps and AutoCAD drawings for site plans, and making something that is both useful AND pleasant to look at (see quote on main page).

Get in touch

Have a question about something you see here...
or anything about maps or design in general?

Feel free to email me!

bgarman4@gmail.com