Sarah Lembke, AIA

Sarah Lembke is the Design Coordinator for Main Street Iowa and the Iowa Downtown Resource Center, where she supports downtown revitalization through architectural design assistance and training. A licensed architect in Iowa, she meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and Historic Architecture and is certified as a Historic Real Estate Finance Professional by the National Development Council. Sarah brings a passion for integrating economic development with high-quality design and has extensive experience working with communities to balance preservation goals with creative, context-sensitive development. Before joining the public sector, she was in private practice in Minnesota.