Who Should Attend
Elected and appointed officials, agency directors and staff, water and school district trustees, and other policy makers; and planners, developers, designers, appraisers, real estate professionals, finance specialists, and other professionals interested in seeking a deeper understanding of the complex interplay of land use decisions, economic viability, and sustainability. Day One may be of special interest to elected officials.
Principal Instructor
Kathy Blaha
President
Kathy Blaha Consulting, LLC
Miami Beach, Florida
Kathy Blaha, of Kathy Blaha Consulting, LLC (KBC), provides services that help clients develop and manage their parks and conservation initiatives.
Until 2007, Ms. Blaha was Senior Vice President at the Trust for Public Land (TPL), directing research and program development for various parks, greenspace and land conservation initiatives. As a member of TPL's staff for 24 years, she held a number of different leadership positions in their Southeast, Midwest and Washington, D.C. offices. Ms. Blaha's experience and expertise are with local governments and their challenges in developing and running parks and conservation programs.
Before TPL, she worked as a planner for the Region J Council of Governements in Raleigh, North Carolina focusing on water resource programs. She has a B.A. in Geography from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Blaha sits on the boards of the Rails to Trails Conservancy, the Center for Watershed Protection, and KWMV Radio.
Local Experts
Developers and Public Officials from the region will provide case-study examples of sustainable development in the region.
About the ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use
In May 2008, ULI announced a gift from New York developer Daniel Rose of $5 million over four years to underwrite the establishment of the ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use. The ULI/Daniel Rose Center will initially undertake three programs:
- The Daniel Rose Fellowship Program: to provide city leaders with the information, insights, peer-to-peer learning, best practices, and experience they need to successfully build and sustain their cities;
- Professional development workshops for public officials; and
- Public/private forums on key land use issues.
An Advisory Board, composed of top business and political leaders and policy experts from across the country, including representatives from ULI’s leadership, provides strategic direction and ongoing program guidance to the Center.
The mission of the ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use is to encourage and support excellence in land use decision making. By providing public officials with access to information, best practices, peer networks, and other resources, the Rose Center seeks to foster creative, efficient, practical, and sustainable land use policies.
Stay in Touch: The ULI Daniel Rose Center is pleased to offer all workshop participants the opportunity to stay in touch with each other and remain current on best practices and emerging models of sustainable development policies through an online resource center on sustainable development resources coming early in 2009.
About ULI–the Urban Land Institute
ULI–the Urban Land Institute is an independent, nonprofit, education and research organization that is supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.
ULI sponsors educational programs and forums to encourage an open international exchange of ideas and sharing of experience; initiates research that anticipates emerging land use trends and issues and proposes creative solutions based on that research; provides advisory services; and publishes a wide variety of materials to disseminate information on land use and development.
Established in 1936, the Institute today has more than 40,000 members and associates worldwide representing the entire spectrum of the land use and development disciplines.