Professional Development Institute
In partnership with the Maryland Economic Development Association (MEDA), the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park will offer a series of professional development courses for practioners and policy makers in planning and economic development. These courses will typically be eligible for American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) continuing education credits.
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Economic Development Short-Course Training Series for Planners
Held in partnership with MEDA. Now available for AICP continuing education credits!
Historic Preservation and Economic Development | June 28-29, 2012Historic preservation is sometimes criticized as an impediment to physical and economic growth. This course will evaluate those arguments by exploring multiple methods of analysis used to assess the value of preservation. Topics include economic impact studies, cost studies such as individual project pro formas and cost-benefit analyses, statistical analyses of property values and travel-cost studies, studies of the nonuse value of preservation as a public good, and sustainability studies evaluating preservation through the lens of the triple bottom line of environment, equity, and economy.
Instructor: Christine Henry
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: UMD School or Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Cost: $425 for MEDA members and students; $475 for non-MEDA members
CEC: 15 AICP certification maintenance credits.
Land Use Fundamentals for Economic Developers | July 16, 2012
This course will cover how land use is regulated with specific focus on Maryland. It will cover the history and legal authority for the regulation of land through planning and zoning. The planning and zoning process at the local (municipal and county) level will be discussed in detail. Maryland’s state planning authority and focus will be discussed from the economic development perspective, bridging local planning and zoning with broader statewide transportation and environmental issues. This discussion will frame a discussion of smart growth – what it is, how it works and why it is important. The second half of the course will focus on four special land use issues that are particularly important to economic development: industrial land use, mixed use, redevelopment & rezoning, and eminent domain.
Instructor: Tim Welch
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: UMD School or Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Cost: $200 for MEDA members and students; $250 for non-MEDA members
CEC: 7.5 AICP certification maintenance credits. CEcD Level 2 recertification points.
Introduction to Social Network Analysis in Planning and Economic Development | Aug 13-14, 2012
This course will introduce concepts and methods of Social Network Analysis and applications to economic development planning. Topics covered include using network analysis to connect people, places, and events; network data and basic mathematical foundations; centrality; cohesive subgroups; and social capital. The course will introduce and use Node XL software in hands-on exercises. Node XL is a free, open source add-in for Microsoft Excel.
Instructors: C. Scott Dempwolf, Cody Dunne
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: UMD School or Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Cost: $425 for MEDA members and students; $475 for non-MEDA members
CEC: 15 AICP certification maintenance credits.
Public Private Partnerships | August 15, 2012
This one-day course will explain what public-private partnerships are and provide a brief history of their development and a variety of examples. It will cover the economic development benefits of public private partnerships and discuss when their use is warranted. Different types of public-private partnerships and defining organizations such as the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships will be discussed. Five important elements of successful public private partnerships will be developed: political leadership (“commitment from the top”), public-sector involvement, a well thought-out plan, communications with stakeholders, and selecting the right partner. Finally, a framework for evaluating the structure and performance of public private partnerships will be developed and discussed.
Instructor: Tim Welch
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: UMD School or Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Cost: $200 for MEDA members and students; $250 for non-MEDA members
CEC: 7.5 AICP certification maintenance credits. CEcD Level 2 recertification points.
Location
All courses will be held at the University of Maryland College Park in the School or Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Unless otherwise noted, the courses will be held in Room 1105.
Directions via car and Metro as well as parking information can be found here. There is also a campus map showing the School’s location here.
Registration
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Save $25 on course fees by registering at least one month in advance of course start dates. Course fees include:
Expert instruction
All course materials
Ongoing access to a course blog and follow-up interaction and support
Continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch
Are you a Maryland Economic Development Association member? Take advantage of reduced registration fees! You may also be eligible for support from the Lofton Scholarship Fund. For more information, click here or contact MEDA directly.
The UC reserves the right to cancel classes if sufficient registration is not attained.
Scott Dempwolf, Instructor and Director
Scott is an incoming Research Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the University of Maryland College Park, and director of the UMD-Morgan State Center for Economic Development, an EDA designated University Center. He teaches economic development planning and leads the research effort to build network models of regional innovation clusters in Maryland and beyond. As a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) Scott has worked as an independent consultant since 2005, focusing on the development of regional manufacturing clusters in renewable and nuclear energy technologies. Scott earned his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from Temple University, and his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Cody Dunne
Cody Dunne is a doctoral candidate in Computer Science at the University of Maryland Human Computer Interaction Lab. His research focuses on information visualization, specifically on improving the readability of network visualizations and the application of network analysis techniques to real-world problems. These including visualizing citations between academic literature, co-occurrence of terms in trade press articles, the interactions of people and organizations, thesaurus category relationships, and computer network traffic flow. He is a contributor to the NodeXL project, an open source network visualization template for Excel 2007 and 2010. Cody earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Cornell College and a Masters in Computer Science at the University of Maryland.
Charles G. Field
Charles Field is a Senior Research Fellow and lecturer at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland at College Park. He also is founder and president of CGF Resolution Group LLC, which provides professional training in the areas of negotiation and leadership. Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Field served as Staff Vice President and Regulatory Counsel for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). During his fourteen-year tenure he served as chief staff negotiator on complex regulatory and product defect matters. Prior to this private sector experience, Dr. Field served in both policy and regulatory/legal positions at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Field earned his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University (1971), J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1978), Masters of Urban Planning from New York University (1965), and B.A. in government from Cornell University (1962).
Christine Henry
Christine is a doctoral student in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park where she serves as the assistant to the director of the Historic Preservation Program as well as teaches an introductory online historic preservation course for undergraduates. Christine has worked as a federal grants manager for 13 years and served as a Federal Preservation Officer for her agency. Christine earned her Bachelor’s degree in Art History from the College of William and Mary, a Masters of Architecture from the Catholic University of America, and a Masters of Historic Preservation from the University of Maryland.
Tim Welch
Tim is a doctoral student in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park where he serves as transportation policy analyst with National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education. His work at the Smart Growth Center includes land use, economic and travel behavior modeling. Tim has taught classes in transportation, land use and statistical methods. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Business administration from Washington State University, a master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University, a JD from the University of Detroit and a LL.B from the University of Windsor.
If you have questions, please send us an e-mail at UCInfo@umd.edu.
Download an electronic course flyer here.