Posted March 1, 2007

March Alumni Update

Books
• Chasing the American Dream
• Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness: Building Resilient Communities
• Planners and Politics
  
  In the News
• DCRP Alumnus Weiming Lu receives UNC's prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award
• Hall nominated as Maryland’s Secretary of Planning - Richard E. Hall (MRP '89)
• Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Announces New Leadership - Barry Seymour (MRP '84)
• Your 40-year career: A conversation with APA's Paul Farmer
• Lot 5, Votes key to Chapel Hill's future
• Living Near Shops, Subways Linked to Lower BMI in New York City
• Raleigh Council Approves Roundabout Plan
• Where's the soul?  Raleigh has friendly folks, but ...
• Residents weigh in on Hillsborough project
• Water Privatization - Moreau featured on WUNC's "The State of Things"

For complete information visit...  http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsMar07.htm

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Posted October 20, 2006

Dear Alumni,

I was indeed very happy to see so many friends during the Reunion weekend.  I hope you enjoyed
yourself as much as I did and felt that your time spent in Chapel Hill was informative and fun.   For
those who couldn't attend, the following should give you a window on the Reunion events and provide
reasons to attend next time.

      Best to All,

      Emil


DCRP Alumni Reunion Weekend - Celebrating 60 years

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Posted August 14, 2006

August Alumni Update

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Posted July 11, 2006

July Alumni Update

• Quadel seeking planners to play frontline housing role in Louisiana
• Units choose Bragg site
• Building on strengths in disaster
• 60th Anniversary Reunion Information
• More Planning jobs

For complete information visit...  http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsJuly06.htm

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Posted May 26, 2006

May Alumni Update

• Graduation
• Feeling the Heat
• 2006 New East News & Report on the Web
• Planning jobs

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsJune06.htm

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Posted May 3, 2006

May Alumni Update

• 60th Anniversary Reunion - (message regarding Rosh Hashanah Holiday)
• Stegman receives Thomas Jefferson Award
• DCRP Students recognized by the Graduate School
• Another perspective on South Elm
• Longtime residents fear loss of affordable homes
• Recent graduates, assess your education
• 2006 New East News & Report on the Web
• Planning jobs

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsMay06.htm

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Posted April 5, 2006

April Alumni Update:

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsApril06.htm

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Posted March 20, 2006

March Alumni Update:

• Recent graduates, assess your education
• Message from the DCRP alumni president
• DCRP turns 60!
• Urban Land Use Planning fifth edition
• Moreau appointed to the Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
• "Not Planned On: What I Wish I Had Known Before Planning"
• CURS Brown Bag Lunch: Land for Tomorrow
• Alumnus awarded fellowship designed to improve political leadership
• Urban Sprawl Could Contribute To Obesity
• Owning a home is good for you—and society
• Market still keen on Hillsborough
• Green high-rise deemed golden
• Hi-tech red lights to smooth traffic
• Carolina Planning seeking alumni profiles
• Planning jobs

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsMarch06.htm

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Posted November 2, 2005

November Alumni Update:

• DCRP alumna honored with 2005 Community Service Award
• DCRP alumna recognized at NC-APA Awards Program
• Carolina Transportation Program hires new research director
• Project creates several red flags
• Williamsburg residents consider new way of living
• Furniture industry future hard to gauge in face of foreign imports
• Katrina's harsh land-use lesson
• Despite storms, coasts grow
• Many big visions for new big easy
• In Pensacola, Nature, Cash Form a Cycle
• Recovering New Orleans
• Americans moving into harm's way
• Three projects before Hillsborough boards
• UNC to host discussion on recovery

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsNovember05.htm

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Posted August 23, 2005

• DCRP alumna spends summer helping to build community pride
• LandDesign promotes senior planner to partner
• FEMA grant will help disadvantaged communities prepare for disasters
• David Moreau returns as WRRI Director
• Endowed professorship awarded to William M. Rohe
• An industry trying to land on its feet
• New faculty publication: "Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China"
• Revival of 'Elm Street, U.S.A.', begins one tree at a time
• New East exterior masonry and stucco restoration

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsAugust05.htm

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Posted April 22, 2005

• Alumna receives APA Award
• Kennedy lampoons Bush policies (Robert and Helen Siler Distinguished Lecturer)
• 24 years wasn't in his plans
• Skillful at using diplomacy to promote unity
• North Carolina to use DCRP Alumna's research in state's new Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Masten earns Korstian Award from Duke
• Colehower promoted to SBRA Principal
• Alumnus book: The Past and Future of America's Economy
• Republic of Shade wins the 2005 Spiro Kostof Award
• Alternatives to sprawl: New urbanism taking to streets
• DCRP student helping to keep NC Beautiful
• Jobs, jobs, and more jobs!

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsApril05.htm

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Posted March 16, 2005

• 2005 APA alumni reception information
• Alumna to receive APA Award
• Planner lauded for growth tools (Roger Waldon)
• DCRP Workshops lead to on the ground success!
• Pounding home a lesson - UNC Habitat
• Jobs, jobs, and more jobs!
• On-line: 2005 New East News & Report

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Posted February 8, 2005

February Alumni Update:

• 2005 New East News & Report is in the mail
• 2005 APA alumni reception infromation
• Tom Campanella co-edits, The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover From Disaster
• DCRP Joint Professor, Michael Stegman does his Home Work
• Carolina Planning – call for papers
• Jobs, jobs, and more jobs!
• Listserv modifications

 

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Posted December 6, 2004

• Jeanine D. Petterson named new Mitigation Division Director for FEMA Region VIII
• Gregg Warren puts people in affordable urban housing
• Homeless Shelter Still "Homeless" - relocating away from downtown Chapel Hill
• Doctoral Student Aurélie Brunie receives hazard fellowship
• Doctoral Student Lisa Bates receives HUD dissertation award
• FEMA awards DCRP student Julie Stein community planning fellowship
• Crying Wolf  Wins student paper award
• Yield to Heels’ on UNC campus highlights pedestrian safety awareness
• Carolina Planning Journal - forthcoming transportation issue and call for papers
• Planning jobs

 

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Posted September 24, 2004

September Alumni Update:

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Posted June 25, 2004

Jobs - new postings

For complete information visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/Alumni/AlumniNewsJune.htm

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Posted May 14, 2004

Graduation Celebration
On Saturday May 8th, the Department of City and Regional Planning proudly celebrated the graduation
of the Class of 2004.  The ceremony was held in the Trillium Room at the William and Ida Friday
Continuing Education Center and started with a wonderful breakfast and then followed by the reception.

The keynote speech was delivered by DCRP assistant professor Thomas J. Campanella.  His speech,
pictures from the event and a list of student accomplishments... Read more

More Planning Job Opportunities  
recently posted jobs:

City Planner I - City of Auburn (Alabama)
Community Devel Spec II – Health & Human Services (NC)
EG NEP Candidates (and urban/regional planners)
Regional and Corridor Planning Team (CA)
Data Central and Results Accountability - Northern California Council for the Community
Economic Development Position - Camoin Associates (CA)
Program Analyst III - Pedestrian Safety (Oakland, CA)

Complete list of jobs

New Web site
nstitute for Disaster Studies
Keeping North Carolina at the Leading Edge of Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery

The Institute for Disaster Studies (IDS) brings together state and national experts in natural, technological
and man-made hazards to:

• Conduct, facilitate and disseminate research on planning for preparation, response, management, recovery
  and mitigation from disasters;
• Provide education and training on all aspects of emergency management; and
• Advise and assist local, state and federal response, recovery and mitigation teams following a disaster.

As a dynamic catalyst for change and innovation, the Institute keeps North Carolina at the leading edge of
disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

Institute Web site: http://disasterstudies.unc.edu/

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Posted May 7, 2004

May's Alumni Update includes:

Posted April 6, 2004

If you plan to attend the 2004 National APA Conference in Washington, D.C. April 24-28,
you won’t want to miss the annual UNC Alumni Reception.

Monday, April 26th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Executive Room, Omni Shoreham Hotel
Hors d’oeuvres + Cash Bar

Hotel Information:
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Executive Room
2500 Calvert Street NW (at Connecticut Ave.)
Washington, District of Columbia 20008
Phone: (202) 234-0700
Fax: (202) 265-7972
Hotel Web site
Hotel Map/Directions

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Posted March 10, 2004

The Department of City & Regional Planning Presents:
Dr. John Forester, Cornell University Planning Professor, will discuss micro-politics, ethics, and
mediating strategies of planning practice--the ways that planners and design professionals work in
the face of power and conflict -- during his March 22-25 visit as the 2003-2004 Cecil G. Sheps Visiting
Scholar in Social Justice at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  The week’s schedule will include
guest lectures in several Planning classes, a forum with area mediation professionals, a brown-bag seminar,
and will culminate with a capstone public-lecture event.

In Forester’s public lecture, "Planning in the Face of Conflict: Ethics, Mediation, and Public Participation,"
he will discuss his research on the politics and ethics of planners' work, and mediators' strategies of promoting
consensus-building and deliberation.  His book The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning
Processes (MIT Press, 1999) explores detailed and focused 'practice stories' that illuminate both difficulties and
opportunities found in fostering public deliberations of many kinds.

The lecture (5:00 - 6:50 p.m.) will be held in the Kresge Foundation Conference Room (room 039) of the
Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence.  Interested students, faculty, and members of the community are
invited to attend.  Refreshments will be served beforehand, and visitor parking is available in the Morehead
Planetarium visitor lot.

Forester’s best known earlier publications are Planning in the Face of Power (University of California Press, 1989)
and, with Norman Krumholz, Making Equity Planning Work (Temple University Press 1990).  For the past decade
he has collected practice-focused oral histories, profiles of practitioners, and produced teaching materials from these
first-person voice accounts of planners, mediators, and participatory action researchers in the U.S. and abroad.  One
part of this work has been recently published in his co-edited Israeli Planners and Designers: Profiles of Community
Builders (SUNY Press, 2001, with Raphaël Fischler and Deborah Shmueli).

A faculty mentor for the 2003 AESOP Ph.D. workshop in Amsterdam, he will be a mentor once more at the 2004
AESOP Ph.D. workshop in Aix en Provence this June.  Building upon his The Deliberative Practitioner (M.I.T. Press 1999),
he has been asked to give lectures this year in Boston, Vancouver, Sacramento, Seattle, and Waterloo, Ontario.

John Forester studied Mechanical Engineering (B.S., M.S.) and City and Regional Planning (M.C.P. and Ph.D. 1977)
at the University of California, Berkeley.  After teaching for a year at U.C. Santa Cruz, he went to Cornell University
where he has taught since 1978.  As Professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell, he recently completed a three
year term as Department Chair.

He is now working on a book exploring the practice of public dispute mediation and tentatively titled, The Drama of
Mediation: Conflict, Governance, and Public Management.

For more information, teaching materials, or working papers, see also: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jff1

Public Lecture Details
Department of City & Regional Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill Presents:
Dr. John Forester, Cornell University Planning Professor
2003-2004 Cecil G. Sheps Visiting Scholar in Social Justice

Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence,
Kresge Foundation Conference Room (039)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March 24, 2004
5:00 – 6:50 p.m.

 

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Posted February 18, 2004

A message from the DCRP Alumni President
Ken Weeden

1. Announcement of Election Meeting-DCRP Alum Association new Officers, and;
2. Request for: PANEL VOLUNTEERS FOR PLANNERS’ FORUM DISCUSSION- March 19-20, 2004

Greetings, DCRP Alums (especially those who can come to Chapel Hill on Friday-Saturday,
March 19-20, 2004)!!  For TWO major events!

FIRST: Another year has come and gone by rather rapidly and, unfortunately, I have not been able to accomplish
all of the ambitious goals I had set for myself as Alumni President.  My “day job”, i.e., head of a small consulting
operation with small offices in three locations, grew to become extremely demanding, leaving little time for more
satisfying things, such as spending more time on DCRP alumni affairs.

But it’s time to elect new Alumni Association Officers. Our Bylaws indicate that we are to have an “Annual Meeting”,
although the format of that meeting is not specified and it’s been a LONG time since we’ve had a complete Alumni
Meeting.  I would like to conduct this meeting, for all who can attend, on the same weekend as the next DCRP Open
House (March 19-20, 2004) beginning early Friday evening, and ending Saturday morning.  The purpose will be to
elect a new President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, et al. That’s the FIRST event.

SECOND: During this current academic year, I did manage to meet a couple of times with student leaders of the
Planners Forum to discuss ways to facilitate more interaction between Alums and current students.  As in last year,
I was again asked to help assemble a Panel, or two, of former DCRP-ers who could take the time to participate in
informal panel discussions on the general topic of “My Career Path, and Links to the DCRP Experience”, Saturday
morning, March 20, 2004.

Last year we had two of these sessions, both of which were successful and very well received by the Students.
Hopefully, and depending on the Alumni Association attendance, we will have panelists representing various
concentrations in the profession, such as:

? Housing
? Transportation
? Environmental
? Land Use
? Economic Development
? Other/General/non-traditional/non-planning

The panel session will run from 10:30 a.m. to about noon, (after the Saturday morning Alumni business meeting) and,
depending on the numbers of volunteers—perhaps two different panels.  Panel members will each talk a few minutes
before the students, and then allow ample time for Q&A, and interactive discussions with the students.  Please consider
coming out to both participate in the Alumni Association business and to share some of your experience and knowledge
with eager students.  Afterwards, perhaps we can all get together for lunch. If you can attend, or if you would like to be
nominated for a position, please notify Terri Gault, DCRP Administrative Manager (919-962-4779, terrigault@unc.edu),
as soon as possible, (no later than March 13, 2004), and list your area (s) of focus.

TENTATIVE AGENDA:

FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004
  3:30-5:30 p.m. Alumni Association Business Session; (1)
--Discussion of Bylaws and Future of Alumni Association
--Election Process--Nominations
   6:30-7:15-Alumni-Planners Forum Reception
   7:30-Dinner (either on our own, or together, etc.).

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2004
  8: 15 a.m.- 10:15--Alumni Association Business Session; (2)
--Voting and Tally
--Announcement of New Officers
  10:30 a.m. 12:00
–Alumni Panel Presenters and Students

ADJOURN

I do hope as many DCRP Alums as possible, from far and wide, can attend, especially those interested in serving as an
Alumni Association Officer—all Alumni, regardless of dues status—are eligible to attend and vote and serve.  Please contact
me, or either of the Planners’ Forum representatives (Tim Cole - tscole@email.unc.edu, Lindy Nelson - nelsonl@email.unc.edu)
for information about the Panel discussions. Hope to see you in a few weeks.

Ken Weeden,
DCRP ’73, Alumni President

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Posted January 6, 2004

Carolina Planning News
What's been going on with Carolina Planning, you say?
Read on for some coming attractions for the next two issues as well as highlights from the past two issues.

And its not too late to subscribe!  Please see the attached form for ordering information.  In addition, we want
to hear from you.  Tell us what you would like to see in future issues of Carolina Planning and how this journal
can better serve you and the planning community.  All comments and suggestions can be sent to
carolinaplanning@yahoo.com

Here's a taste of what will be in forthcoming fall/winter 2003 issue:

* Smart Growth in Rural America – written by Amber Levofsky, a current UNC masters student who previously
  worked for EPA’s Smart Growth Office.  This article should complement NC APA’s recent Smart Growth
  outreach effort.
* An interview with Roger Waldon, Town of Chapel Hill’s planning director.  We would like to do a series of
  these interviews with directors from across the state.
* Ex parte communication in quasi-judicial land use decisions – written by Tom Terrell, a land use lawyer in
  Greensboro, NC

We expect to include articles on the following topics in the Spring/Summer 2004 issue.

* The use of photo simulations in Cary’s planning efforts
* The use of riparian buffers in the Tar-Pamlico river basin
* Income convergence in North Carolina

 

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Posted November 6, 2003

Take a couple minutes to learn more about what's being planned for UNC and it's surrounding communities:

Celebrate Planning on World Town Planning Day
Sponsored in the U.S. by the American Planning Association (APA) and its professional institute,
the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), World Town Planning Day will be celebrated in
30 countries on four continents on November 8, 2003.  It is a special day to recognize and promote
the role of planning in creating livable communities.


Take a couple minutes to learn more about what's being planned for UNC and it's surrounding communities:

A new campus? Chapel Hill North
To help meet Carolina’s vision of being the leading university in America, Carolina North will be
UNC’s lab for new teaching and learning methods.  Envisioned as a mixed use village, Carolina North
will help creatively transform and innovate both academic disciplines and professional schools.
http://cn.unc.edu

Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan
This Comprehensive Plan is designed to respond to that challenge by setting a positive course
for Chapel Hill's future. Based on an analysis of where Chapel Hill is today, the Plan articulates a
vision and directions in which we want the community to move.  It suggests the ways in which we
can invest in our community and build value for the 21st century.
The Plan is organized around 12 major themes


New Vision for Downtown Carrboro
The town of Carrboro launched an exciting new initiative to help downtown realize its full potential as
the vibrant, dynamic, social and economic center of our town.  Like old time town meetings where
citizens got together to talk about what was good for their town, the Workshop offered people the
opportunity to develop a common vision for Carrboro.  Over 380 citizens participated in the charrette
activities...New Vision for Downtown Carrboro

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Posted October 3, 2003

Call for papers
Articles • Opinion Pieces • Case Studies • Book Reviews • Project Descriptions

Carolina Planning, DCRP's student-run publication, is accepting proposals for articles on topics
of interest to city and regional planning professionals for publication in its upcoming Fall 2003
and Spring 2004 issues. Submission Deadlines: November 1 for Fall issue. April 1 for Spring issue.

New Planning Jobs posted
http://www.planning.unc.edu/jobsearch/permanent/permanentHOME.htm

This House Is Home: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Affordable Home Ownership
Conference to be held: October 30–November 1, 2003 Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Home Ownership is an integral part of the American Dream, yet it remains beyond the means of many
low and moderate income families. Featuring Keynote Speaker Honorable Henry Cisneros,Chairman and
CEO, American CityVista, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and
Mayor, City of San Antonio.
http://www.planning.unc.edu/pdf/THIHconference.pdf

Outer-Ring Suburbs (Prof. Godschalk interviewed by NPR)
Once the symbol of a vibrant economy and new American lifestyle, many of America's suburbs are now
struggling with congestion, crime and a decaying infrastructure.  While the cities revitalize and outlying
areas continue to grow, many first-tier suburbs are stagnant. NPR's Neal Conan looks at these aging
communities and their possible futures.

Talk of the Nation continues its series on suburbia with a conversation about outer-ring neighborhoods
and urban sprawl.  Listen to Prof. Godschalk's interview with NPR's Neal Conan.
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1400266

Rapid Rebuilding Foreseen at Coast
The News & Observer

After the floods of hurricanes Fran and Floyd, the state and federal governments bought
out entire neighborhoods in Kinston and Greenville to prevent them from being flooded again....

" We're just following in the footsteps of the past, which is just: Rebuild as fast as we can in
the same pattern as before," said Raymond Burby , a planning professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
http://www.newsobserver.com/isabel/story/2902469p-2671683c.html

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Posted August 14, 2003

The Fall semester is about to begin and DCRP is getting ready to welcome a new class of students!
Remember those days?

Recent planning jobs added to our Web site:
Executive Director, Triangle Land Conservancy; Transportation Planner
(Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning); Transportation System Engineer (Travel
Demand Modeling); Community Development Planner.

To see the complete list of jobs visit...
http://www.planning.unc.edu/jobsearch/permanent/permanentHOME.htm

This House Is Home: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Affordable Home Ownership
Conference to be held: October 30 – November 1, 2003 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Featuring Keynote Speaker Honorable Henry Cisneros

Home Ownership is an integral part of the American Dream, yet it remains beyond the means
of many low and moderate income families.  This unique conference will foster critical thinking
and reflective communication between a diverse group of housing and community development
professionals, policy makers, social scientists, artists and humanists.

Class of 2003 Graduation
The graduation ceremony was held in the Trillium Room at the William and Ida Friday
Continuing Education Center and started with a wonderful breakfast and then followed
by the reception.  The keynote speech was delivered by DCRP alumna Janet D’ Ignazio,
the Chief Planning and Environmental Officer of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

To read about the student award winners and see pictures of the ceremony,
visit... http://www.planning.unc.edu/news/GraduationCelebration.htm

Alumni Resources
We've also revised our on-line alumni resources and have made the
2003 New East News & Report available on-line.

 

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Posted April 4, 2003

Kaiser Symposium
On April 25th, DCRP will recognize Professor Emeritus Edward Kaiser by conducting
a symposium in his honor. The symposium will focus on the future of land use planning
and feature planning scholars Tim Beatley, Rolf Pendall, and Emily Talen as well as Ed
and other DCRP faculty.

The Robert and Helen Siler Urban Lectureship Fund will support the symposium.

 

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Posted March 14, 2003

A message from Ken Weeden, Alumni Association President:
Re: Career Day

A heartfelt thanks goes out to all of those dedicated DCRP ALUMS, who came to Chapel Hill
on Friday February 28, 2003 to speak to an interested group of students on Career Day. Seven (7)
panelists from various time periods of attendance in DCRP came to Chapel Hill to share the
experiences of their diverse career paths, including Land Use, Environmental, Law, Transportation,
Water Resources, Housing/CD. Discussions included both public sector and private sector perspectives.
Panelists included: Rob Gelblum, Larry Meisner, Donna Dyer, Mike Jennings, Sydney Miller,
Mark Smith, and me, Ken Weeden. There was a lot of interchange between the panelists and the
students. All of the students who attended expressed their deep gratitude for the Alumni coming to
campus and sharing.

For those of you who would like the same opportunity, take heart. On Saturday morning
March 22, 2003, during the department's Open House weekend for new and prospective students,
we have a second opportunity to present an alumni panel. This time perhaps, before an even larger
audience. The Planners Forum has requested a panel presentation/ discussion of Alumni to run from
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Afterwards, perhaps we can all go to lunch. For those of you who can make it,
we will also have an Alumni Officers Meeting beginning around 9:00a.m.at DCRP (all who come are
welcome to attend.)  So please come if you can. Bring your knowledge, skills, and experiences to share.

Let Terri Gault (terrigault@unc.edu) or myself (kweeden@isaac.net) know if you can attend. More details
will be forwarded to you after confirmation has been sent that you can attend. Hope to see you there.


Thank you,
Ken Weeden, DCRP '75

P.S. I hope that you have received your DCRP newsletter by now. Isn't it great?
Hope to see some of you in Denver at the APA Conference - UNC Reception