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Francis Hebbert
Director Of Civic Works
OpenPlans
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Bio: Frank leads the talented Civic Works team at OpenPlans, exploring how technology, planning, citizens, and government come together. He thinks we can make better places and beat climate change with the winning combo of planning, technology and public participation. Frank holds a Masters in City Planning from MIT. He blogs intermittently at opensourceplanning.org, tweets slightly more via @fkh, and is one half of Holobiont.org.
Education: MIT, Master of City Planning 2006
Bradley R. Barnett
PlaceMatters
Peter J. Park
Associate Professor Adjunct
Univ of Colorado - Denver
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Bio: Peter J. Park is currently the Lincoln Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to his fellowship, he served as Manager of Community Planning and Development in Denver, Colorado (2004-2011) and Planning Director of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1995-2003). In both cities, he oversaw preparation of downtown and numerous neighborhood plans, comprehensive zoning code updates, and implementation of major infrastructure and development projects. In Milwaukee, significant projects include the replacement of the elevated Park East freeway with an at-grade boulevard that catalyzes new downtown development and the Beerline B, a new mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood along the Milwaukee River. Significant work in Denver includes the redevelopment of Denver Union Station, numerous transit-oriented development (TOD) station area plans, and adoption of an innovative context and form-based zoning code applied citywide. His integrated approach to comprehensive planning, urban design, and development review has created clear visions for sustainable urban development, places of high quality design, and streamlined permitting systems. Over the last 20 years, he has focused on integrating teaching and practice. Mr. Park teaches at the University of Colorado at Denver and was instrumental in shaping its new Master of Urban Design program. Previously, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and coordinated the Joint Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Planning program.
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Master of Architecture Master of Urban Planning Arizona State University Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
Ray Quay, FAICP
Research Professional
Arizona State University
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Bio: Current: Research Professional with the Decision Center for a Desert City at Arizona State University involved in research on water resources, climate change, urban heat island, regional growth policy issues and scenario analysis. Previously: Assistant Director Water Service, Responsible for managing water resources planning, developing and managing growth strategies and policies as related to water and sewer infrastructure, provide strategic leadership in capital improvement programming. Assistant Director of Planning for the City of Phoenix, responsible for long range planning and growth strategies. Director of Greater Phoenix 2100 Project at Arizona State University (on loan from City of Phoenix), developed program to foster transfer of university research to public policy development processes.
Education: BS Biology, Environmental Studies Baylor University; MS Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin; Phd Planning and Environmental Design, Arizona State University
Uri P. Avin, FAICP
Research Professor
Nat Cntr for Smart Growth
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Bio: Research Professor and Director, Planning and Design Center at the National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
Education: B.Arch, M.Arch, M.Arch (Urban Design), M.C.P
Key Publications: • Tools for Building Scenarios: Sorting out what to use when, Planning Magazine, December 2012 • Using Scenarios to Make Urban Plans, Chapter 6 in Engaging our Futures: Effective Planning Practices, Hopkins and Zapata (eds), Lincoln Land Institute, April 2007 • Right-sizing Urban Growth Boundaries with Michael Bayer, Planning Magazine, February 2003 • Does your Growth Smart? How to do a Smart Growth Audit. With David Holden, Planning Magazine, January 2000. • An Afterword on Tools for Scenario Planning, Special edition of the APA Intergovernmental Division Newsletter, November 2012 • The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions, Discussion by Uri Avin and Daniel Rodriguez, Journal of Transport and Land Use, Vol 3, No 1, 2010
Other Publications: • Forecasting Indirect Land Use Effects of Transportation Projects, NCHRP 25-25, Report Project 22, co-authored with Robert Cervero and Terry Moore, December, 2007
Past Assignments: Keynote speaker at 8 APA regional and other conferences throughout US; APA Conference speaker with 1-3 sessions at all APA conferences since 1991
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