MORGAN SNYDER

Morgan Snyder, AICP, is an Associate Planner at Winterbrook with a background that spans rural counties, fast-growing cities, and long-range policy work. She is passionate about problem-solving—whether it’s finding creative ways to meet growth needs, making land use procedures more accessible, or balancing competing community interests. With experience in both rural and urban planning contexts, Morgan brings versatility, political insight, and a strong public sector perspective to Winterbrook’s team.

“My favorite part of planning is problem-solving. Each project is an opportunity to chart a path forward that avoids obstacles and brings the most benefit to the community.”

Morgan began her career with an internship as a Program Assistant with Bernalillo County, New Mexico, researching industry-specific procedural improvements and supporting performance management for over 35 departments.

After relocating to Oregon, she worked as an Assistant Planner for Polk County, where she authored technical staff reports, reviewed permits, and navigated challenging conversations with citizens. She then served as Assistant Planner for the City of Bend before joining the City of Redmond as its first Associate turned Senior Long-Range Planner. In Redmond, she led major projects such as public facility plans, housing initiatives, and water-wise development standards, while also serving as the City’s legislative liaison, ensuring the City’s compliance with legal changes.

In her free time, Morgan’s hobbies include hanging out with her friends and her dog, reading/watching fictional stories, dancing, crafting, taking midday naps, and trying new hobbies.

Representative Projects:

Clackamas Community College (CCC) Natural Resource Center of Excellence (NRCE)
Morgan and senior planner Ben Schonberger prepared land use applications for the upcoming Natural Resource Center of Excellence (NRCE) site at Clackamas Community College. This development at the Oregon City campus represents the latest project in a long master planning effort which involves coordination with numerous development partners. As a CCC alumna and former city planner, Morgan provided many insights to help facilitate land use application and exhibit preparation within the project team.

Malheur County Resource Land Legislative Amendments
Morgan led the project to audit and update all of Malheur County’s resource land provisions to make them more user friendly and to obtain compliance with over ten years of farm/forest legislative changes. This project involved deep research, code writing, and working with County staff to adapt the new code to fit local customs. Pulling from her background as a former county planner, Morgan and founding principal Greg Winterowd obtained unanimous approval of the amendment package from the Malheur County Court. Malheur County’s new resource land provisions even accommodate the 2026 Oregon Legislative Session updates and may be the first county code in Oregon to do so.

Town of Bonanza and DLCD, Coordinated Housing and Infrastructure Planning Project
Together Morgan and associate planner Keava Campbell have set to work on a project to evaluate the Town of Bonanza’s housing and infrastructure contexts and develop strategies to further housing production, affordability, and choice, and to come into compliance with applicable housing laws. Thus far they have prepared a Land Use and Housing Report studying the community, legal, and infrastructure conditions of the Town and coordinated community engagement events to solicit feedback from local stakeholders. Soon they will prepare a Housing Action Plan designed to implement short- and long-term solutions tailored to the Bonanza community.