Finding Your Inner Peace as a Planner

Bio: Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati

Education: Ph.D., Regional Planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Masters of Urban Planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign B.A., Anthropology, Rice University

Key Publications: Hopkins, LD and MA Zapata, eds. 2007. Engaging the Future: Forecasts, Scenarios, Plans, and Projects. Lincoln Institute for Land Policy: Cambridge. Zapata, MA. 2009. Deliberating across Differences: Planning futures in cross-cultural spaces. Policy and Society. Vol. 28(3): 197-209. Zapata, MA. 2012. Planning for Latinidad: Developing Culturally Appropriate Processes. In M. Rios and L. Vazquez (eds.) Dialogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities. Routledge: London. Bates LK and MA Zapata. 2013 (Forthcoming). Revisiting Equity: The HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative. Progressive Planning. No. 194: Winter 2013, 14-17.

Past Assignments: “Futures Planning in Over the Rhine,” Rights to the City: An Urban Humanities Public Forum and Debate on Development in Over-the-Rhine, University of Cincinnati, 2011. “Equity Planning or Equitable Opportunities? The Construction of Equity in the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cincinnati, OH, 2012, with L. Bates. “Creating Vibrant Communities: An Assessment of the SET Initiative,” Community Development Society Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, with Bo Beaulieu 2012. “Scenario Planning for Multiple Futures and Publics,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, UT, 2011 with N. Kaza. “Regional Planning and Rural Participation: Blueprinting the California San Joaquin Valley,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis, MN, 2010. “Scenario Planning in a Multicultural San Joaquin Valley,” Great Valley Annual Conference, Modesto CA, 2009. “Using Scenarios to Engage the Future,” Professional Development Institute Online Learning Lab, with Lewis D. Hopkins, 2007.

Bio: Katherine Keough-Jurs is a Senior City Planner with the Department of City Planning and Buildings at the City of Cincinnati and is Project Manager for Plan Cincinnati, the City of Cincinnati’s first comprehensive plan in over 30 years. With more than 15 years of municipal planning experience, her areas of specialization include long-range and strategic planning, neighborhood development, land use analysis, demographic analysis, and GIS mapping and analysis. She holds a Masters degree in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Bio: C. Gregory Dale, FAICP, is a founding Principal with McBride Dale Clarion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Dale has extensive experience in planning, land use regulations, and implementation. He has managed planning projects in states throughout the country, including Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado, Georgia, and Oklahoma. He has served in a number of leadership positions with planning and community organizations and is a regular speaker at national, state and local planning conferences and seminars. Mr. Dale’s responsibilities with MDC include managing planning projects and activities for both public and private sector clients throughout the Nation, including comprehensive plans, land use plans, and land use regulations. He speaks at numerous workshops and conferences for professional planners and planning commissions at the national, regional, state and local levels. He authors a feature column for the Planning Commissioner’s Journal, a national publication devoted to citizen planning board members. In the Spring of 2004, Mr. Dale was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners on the basis of individual achievement in the field of urban and rural planning at the American Planning Association’s (APA) National Planning Conference in Washington, D.C. Election to the Fellowship is granted to planners who have been longtime members of AICP and have demonstrated excellence in professional practice, teaching and mentoring, research, community service, leadership, and communication. Altogether, 46 planners from 25 states were inducted into the AICP College of Fellows in 2004. Mr. Dale has maintained membership in the following associations: Ohio Planning Conference Board of Trustees; American Planning Association, Secretary/Treasurer of Planning and Law Division, 1990-1992; American Planning Association, Executive Committee of Chapter President’s Council, past Member; and American Planning Association, Ohio Chapter, Past President. He is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners. Mr. Dale’s education is through University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, with a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning; and Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY) with a B.S., Political Science and Sociology, Cum Laude. Mr. Dale also has taught periodically at University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, as an Adjunct Professor of Planning; the Northern Kentucky University as an Instructor of Land Use Planning and Development; and the University of Cincinnati, College of Law as a Lecturer of Planning Law.