The panel, convened as part of ULI’s community advising efforts, will be visiting the community the second week in December to conduct an intensive two-day study of the area. The study will include a review of area historical and background materials, a staff-guided bus tour, public input, panelist working groups, and a final report presentation on the evening of December 8^th.

The study area includes the Dixie Highway Corridor from Sample Road in the south to Hillsboro Boulevard in the north, and the commercial, industrial and residential neighborhoods north of Hillsboro Boulevard between Martin Luther King Boulevard and North Dixie Highway. Panelists will conduct a thorough review of all aspects of community development and provide recommendations to the city regarding:

• Current barriers to redevelopment
• Strategies for encouraging and sustaining redevelopment
• Attracting cultural and entertainment options
• Public infrastructure, services, and community spaces
• Improving parking

ULI Governance Committee Member and former District Council Chair Debbie Orshefsky, Partner, Holland & Knight, will serve as the panel’s chair. Orhsefsky will be joined on the panel by current District Council Chair Scott MacLaren, President of Stiles, along with Alfred Battle, Jr. Deputy Director, Department of Sustainable Development at the City of Fort Lauderdale; Juan Mullerat, Founder at Plusurbia Design; Eric Liff, Principal of Lambert & Associates; Alia Awaad, Senior Associate Engineer and Florida Lead, Alta Planning + Design; Alfonso Costa, Executive Vice President, Falcone Group; and Darwyn Kelly, Panel Intern and Student, University of Miami MRED+U.

You can learn more about the panel at the ULI’s open meeting and public input session on Monday, December 7th from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Learn more / tune in.

For over 70 years, ULI has assembled experts in the fields of real estate and land use planning to participate on community advising panels worldwide, offering recommendations for complex planning and development projects, programs and policies. Panels have developed more than 700 studies for a broad range of land uses, ranging from waterfront properties to inner-city retail. Recent efforts in South Florida include:

• Miami’s Downtown Urban Waterfront, 2019
• City of Lauderhill, 2019
• Fort Lauderdale Parks and Open Spaces, 2019
• Miami Beach Stormwater Management, 2018
• BB&T Center, 2016
• Lauderdale Lakes Commerce Park, 2015
• Fort Lauderdale Riverwalk, 2014
• Cypress Creek / Uptown Urban Village, 2014

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