Ms. Thorne-Lyman can contacted by telephone or email:
510-647-5291 x105
Ms. Thorne-Lyman specializes in regional economic analysis, economic and fiscal impact analysis, and transit-oriented development (TOD). She has experience with project level fiscal impact studies, downtown specific plans, general plan updates, regional economic analysis, and national research projects. She has completed dynamic fiscal and economic impact studies for several development annexation proposals in Monterey and Nevada Counties, and developed Strategic Economic’ model for dynamic fiscal impact analysis. Additionally she has completed fiscal impact studies for specific plans in Hayward, Martinez, and Monterey County. She is currently finalizing economic impact studies in San Jose, Cotati, and Hayden, Idaho.
Additionally, Ms. Thorne-Lyman has extensive experience with larger scale economic analysis for City General Plans and corridor-level analysis of TOD. She has supported MTC and BART’s efforts to enhance TOD in existing and new transit corridors, by providing information about the potential market demand for TOD. Currently, she is developing national projections of future transit-oriented affordable housing need for the Center for Transit Oriented Development (CTOD).
Prior to joining Strategic Economics, Ms. Thorne-Lyman worked at the CoStar Group, following trends in commercial leasing and sales through work with brokers and developers. In graduate school she interned for the City of Emeryville Redevelopment Agency, where she updated the Agency’s Five-Year Implementation Plan mid-cycle. She received her Masters in City Planning from U.C. Berkeley with a concentration in regional and local economic development. She has a Bachelor of Arts in the Growth and Structure of Cities from Bryn Mawr College. In her spare time Ms. Thorne-Lyman plays soccer and ultimate frisbee, and volunteers as a steering committee member for the Friends of the Cerrito Theater.