The Urban Land Institute created the Councils to focus on specialized fields in land use and development. They are designed to provide a forum for education, networking, and sharing best practices among ULI Full Members. Councils promote excellence in programming, solicit the highest quality of industry leader, and foster and preserve a culture of openness and sharing.

ULI Council members play a critical role in building communities, developing and redeveloping neighborhoods, envisioning and recreating business districts, planning and implementing industrial parks, bringing residential, retirement, and recreational spaces to life, and designing mixed use facilities that are a part of sustainable urban and suburban environments worldwide.

Councils strive to achieve a balance of disciplines between the development, professional services, academic/not-for-profit/government, and finance arenas with a cap of about 50 members. Achieving the correct balance of members on a Council preserves the intimacy and diversity required to share best practices and mistakes made/lessons learned which are the cornerstone of participation.

Value of Council Participation

Professional Development

• Establishes recognition as an industry leader
• Provides a forum for information exchange among peers on the “state-of-the-art” in the development field
• Assures an opportunity to develop and maintain an educational environment for addressing development problems and opportunities

Forum for Industry Issues

• Provides access to industry leader discussions on the major social and economic goals and issues of the day related to development
• Provides interaction with public official members in order to interact constructively with public agencies and public interest organizations
• Allows participants to apply research to innovative applications in land use planning which can then be disseminated through Urban Land Magazine and/or other publications, forums, and meetings
• Provides opportunities to focus on trends and issues of your specific industry segment

Networking

• Offers accessibility to ULI’s leadership and policy makers
• Provides networking opportunities with recognized industry leaders in specific field of interest
• Offers meaningful ways for all Councils to relate to and interact with each other

Global Impact

• Capitalizes upon the efforts of ULI’s membership talents to strengthen the Institute’s overall impact and thrust
• Allows input to impact and influence community attitudes and lifestyles regarding Development