Sarah Peterson is a Program Manager with the Land Use and Design team at Detroit Future City (DFC). In this role, Sarah provides technical assistance to community-based organizations to help Detroiters create and manage greenspaces in their neighborhoods. This role has a special focus on environmental and landscape planning, design, and implementation. Sarah also supports research and publication work related to vacant land, open space, and climate resiliency.

Before this position, Sarah served as Landscape Designer at Hamilton Anderson Associates and InSite Design Studio, where she provided expertise in ecology, stormwater, land management, and design to enhance the sustainability of projects across Detroit and facilitate community engagement to ensure community needs are addressed. This work, along with previous experience as an ecologist, researcher, and gardener, has deepened Sarah’s expertise in the creation of sustainable and equitable greenspace.

Sarah received a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Master of Science in Conservation Ecology from the University of Michigan. She also received her Bachelor of Science, specializing in plant biology, from the University of Michigan.