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Making Nice with Land-Use Laws:

  • Urban Land Institute examines effective methods real estate professionals can use to navigate zoning laws, increase property value and protect property rights at Bellevue forum
  • East coast ‘Zoning Wizard’ Dwight Merriam headlines event

BELLEVUE, Wash. – June 9, 2006

In the Puget Sound region, complex zoning and land use laws represent a language few real estate professionals successfully translate into a money-making dialogue.

Vermont Law School professor and author Dwight Merriam advances new ideas for solving the zoning language barrier that often cost projects time – and money.

To help planners, property owners and developers become masters of zoning practice, the Urban Land Institute’s Seattle District Council, an organization focused on bringing diverse perspectives and new information to the Puget Sound region related to land use policy and practice, will take its program to Bellevue and host hundreds at its Friday, June 9, “Compact Communities” speaker forum. 

Author and Vermont Law School professor Dwight Merriam to Headline Event

This program will feature ‘zoning wizard’ Dwight Merriam, author of The Complete Guide to Zoning, the only consumer’s guide to making sense of land-use laws, as well as 150 articles on land use law. A representative of developers, local governments, landowners, and advocacy groups in land development and conservation issues, Merriam has been selected by his peers as a “Best Lawyer” for 10 consecutive years.

Local panelists include:

  • Eric Campbell, President, CamWest Development, Inc.
  • Wayne Reisenauer, Vice President, Property Development Corporation
  • Joe Tovar, Planning Director, City of Shoreline
  • Moderator:  Chuck Wolfe, Principal, Charles R. Wolfe, Attorney at Law

Time to Teach That Old Dog—Zoning—New Tricks: Making Zoning Work for Compact Development is scheduled for 7:30 to 9 a.m. (breakfast included)on Friday, June 9th , at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE. It is the fourth of the ULI’s five-program series and is intended to be a forum for community leaders to discuss developer flexibility and give municipalities the chance to be an active partner in enabling the best forms for new communities. Past programs in the series have examined the vision and strategy for developing high-density urban cores, whether demand exists for compact development as a lifestyle choice and how development around transit promotes compact development. 

About ULI—Seattle

The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit research and education organizations supported by its members. Founded in 1936, the institute has more than 25,000 members worldwide representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprises and public service. ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information and experience among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places. The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land to enhance the total environment. ULI members commit to the best in land use policy and practice. For more information, visit www.uli.org.

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