UrbanPlan for Public Officials and Community Members
UrbanPlan for Public Officials and Community Members workshops are ideal for local decision makers who would like to learn more about the fundamental forces that shape and affect the built environment and the important leadership roles that elected and appointed officials play in the real estate development process.
ULI offers the one-day workshop in the following venues and formats:
- At the annual ULI Fall Meeting and ULI Spring Meeting
- With local, ULI District Councils who facilitate the program for local and regional audiences, and
- Directly to local jurisdictions as one-off workshops for a small fee. (Ie., as a retreat for elected officials, or as a team-building exercise for senior decision-making staff.)
Contact your local ULI District Council and ULI National at [email protected] to bring UrbanPlan for Public Officials to your community.
Leverage Public/Private Partnerships
The workshop will enable public officials and community members to better understand the trade-offs and risk at play in the entitlement and negotiation process associated with land use, especially in public/private partnerships (P3s). The UrbanPlan case study is an example of a city-led redevelopment effort where compromise needs to be met between the locality, development team selected in the RFP, and the community.
Join an UrbanPlan for Public Officials workshop or an UrbanPlan for Community Members workshop and learn the tools needed to make your community successful.
Looking for shorter/creative ways to implement the workshop? Consider hosting a half-day workshop for a quick introduction to the hands-on development exercise!
Learn more from this brochure.
WHAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT URBANPLAN for PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Joe R. Zimmerman, Mayor of the City of Sugar Land, Texas.
“UrbanPlan for Public Officials exposes you to what a community experiences when a development project is planned. The exercise demonstrates how to balance the perspective of all parties to the benefit of both the community and the developer. This is how it should work.”
Judith Garcia, Chelsea City Council, Massachusetts.
“I was invited to take part in the inaugural class of ULI Boston’s UrbanPlan Public Leadership Institute. Through UrbanPlan, I came to better understand that being a developer requires a long-term perspective; it involves taking into consideration the needs of different stakeholders while measuring risk.”
Get Involved
If you are interested in attending a workshop or bringing the workshop to your jurisdiction, please email [email protected]
UrbanPlan for Public Officials Brochure
UrbanPlan for Communities Brochure
Are you a public official interested in participating?
Are you a ULI member and have an interest in serving as a volunteer?
ULI welcomes members with at least five years’ experience in commercial real estate or land use as UrbanPlan volunteers. Volunteers are expected to volunteer at least once a year, and opportunities include both in-person and virtual options lasting anywhere from one hour to one day. If you are interested in learning more about how to become an UrbanPlan volunteer, please email us at [email protected].