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Winter 2007
Vol. 1, Issue 1                    One of the hallmarks of the Urban Land Institute is its
                                                                                                                NEWS
                                   commitment to bringing divergent viewpoints together to
                                   shed new light on old issues. One of the most illuminating
                                   events of the year was the May 9 program in ULI
                                   Richmond’s Changing Face of Virginia series, an event
                                   that turned out the be as entertaining as it was insighful...



                                    Zoning:
                                    Bliss or Bane?                                                                    Luncheon attendees mingled prior to the
                                                                                                                      presentation, held at the Country Club of Virginia.
                                    By George Nyfeler




                                    T
                                              he May 9th luncheon held at the
                                              Country Club of Virginia was as                                 One or both of these speakers would satisfy
                                              entertaining as it was insightful. First,                       the program portion of a typical ULI Richmond
                                              two guest speakers detailed challenges                          lunch meeting. This event, however, had
                                    faced while navigating through the planning                               only just begun as actors prepared to role play
                                    stages for two large local mixed-use projects.                            the awkward assignments given them for the
                                                                                                              entertainment soon to follow.
                                    John Easter of Williams Mullen discussed the
                                    recent history of the making of the Watkins Centre                        Have you ever wanted to be in the shoes of
                                    project located at the intersection of Route 60 &                         your professional adversary? A number of
                                    Route 288 in Chesterfield County.                                         people had that opportunity, each delivering
                                                                                                              performances from their own perspectives
                                    The initial groundwork and approval processes                             – some with plenty of standup comedy along
                                    for HHHunt’s Wilton Farm development project on                           the way. This mock re-zoning hearing was
                                    the east bank of the James River at Interstate 895                        choreographed by Tom Jacobson, Chesterfield
                                    in eastern Henrico County were discussed by Jim                           County Director of Revitalization.
                                    Theobald of Hirschler Fleischer.                                                                            —continued on page 2



                                   Sustaining Sponsor SPOTLIGHT
                                   Chicago Title Insurance Company
                                   Southern VA National Commercial Center
                                   A National Business Unit and VA Direct Commercial Operation
                                   The Richmond office of Chicago Title Insurance Company was very pleased to be the signature
                                   sponsor of ULI for 2006. They were very excited at the opportunity when it was presented to
                                   them to show support of such a forward thinking and intellectual organization.
                                   The Richmond office of Chicago Title Insurance Company is a National Commercial Center that is your single source for commercial
                                   title insurance services. They bring you the underwriting experts, broad geographic coverage, staff and resources to bring your
                                   transaction to the closing table as quickly as possible. Chicago Title offers all the services you need for single-site, multi-site and
                                   multi-state transactions, equity participations, joint ventures, REITs, sale lease-backs and other complex transactions.
                                   Chicago Title has been putting its seal of approval on real estate transactions for more than 150 years. They are now an independent
                                   member of the Fidelity National Financial organization, unquestionably the largest organization in the title insurance business. •



          ULI Richmond District Council • 2231 Oak Bay Lane, Richmond, VA 23233 • Phone 804.754.4466 • Fax 804.754.0801
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                                                           continued from front page
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
                                                           Table discussions followed. Granting the                          development near their homes and lobby
THE CHANGING FACE OF VIRGINIA                              rezoning request would be a departure                             government officials to stop or modify
LUNCHEON SERIES:                                                                                                             proposed land development projects. These
                                                           from the established local comprehensive
Zoning: Bliss or Bane.............................1
                                                           plan. To the delight of our public-sector                         cases often seem to be the same show on
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT:                                         guests present, nearly all tables rejected the                    different dates and locations. What about
Chicago Title..........................................1   proposed rezoning request.                                        the notion that each project is a creative and
                                                                                                                             independent idea? If so, then one size won’t
The State of the Richmond
                                                           One attendee commented, “A common                                 fit all.”
Housing Market......................................3      theme exists between this fictional case
                                                           and real zoning cases. NIMBYs are ever-                           Thanks go to the willing participants in
Ettrick TAP Update ...............................5        present. Citizens never seem to want any                          helping make the event fun! •

Young Leader’s Corner ..........................5

Non-Profit, For-Profit
Developer’s Forum.................................6

Jack R. “John” Marlles
Memorial Sponsorship...........................7

A Glance Back at 2006..........................8

Coming Soon: Richmond’s Urban                              Willliams Mullen partner John     Hirschler Fleischer Chairman   Tom Jacobson, Director of      Hanover Planning
Marketplace Initiative.............................8       Easter explains the Watkins       Jim Theobald describes the     Community Revitalization for   Commissioner Janet Binns acts
                                                           Centre rezoning                   Wilton Farms case              Chesterfield County            as a property rights activist
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:
Karen Miller Campbell............................9

ULI Richmond Awarded
Action Grant...........................................9

Waterfront Development: Former
Pittsburgh Mayor challenges ULI
Richmond audience to do it right!.........10

Noted Writer Alex Marshall on Global
Competitiveness and Cities: ULI                            Willliams Mullen partner Andy     Developer Bryce Powell acted   Dr. John Moeser acts as an     President of HHHunt
Richmond joins with the Richmond                           Condlin acted as public planner   as a wild-eyed citizen         outspoken business advocate    Communities Dan Schmitt acts as
                                                                                                                                                           an affordable housing advocate
World Affairs Council...............................11

Collaborative Effort for Regional Vision
Emerges: ULI Richmond leads formation
                                                                        What about the notion that
of the Alliance for Quality Growth –
Richmond Region.................................12                                   each project is a creative
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing
Authority (RRHA) hosts ULI National
                                                                                                             and independent idea? If so,
Advisory Panel......................................13
                                                                                                                                   then one size won’t fit all.
ULI Richmond receives EPA/ULI
National support for its Alliance for
Quality Growth effort...........................13
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 3




The State of the Richmond Housing Market
By George Nyfeler




K
          nowledgeable speakers addressed the state of the housing       percentage of the sum of new and existing home closings within
          market from national and local perspectives at a ULI-          the same jurisdiction, were Goochland at 38%, New Kent at 34%,
          Richmond luncheon on October 3rd at the Country Club           Powhatan at 32%, Chesterfield at 29%, Henrico at 23%, Hanover
          of Virginia.                                                   at 22%, Charles City at 17% and the City of Richmond at 11%. The
                                                                         sources of these numbers come from the Central Virginia MLS and
Chris Chmura of Chmura Economics & Analytics displayed                   Integra Realty Resources-Richmond.
statistics indicating that Metro-Washington, D.C. is clearly
experiencing a housing industry recession. The Richmond area             Both Ms. Chmura and Mr. Tyler indicated that the new market is
housing market, however, is merely softening. She also gave an           putting buyers in better negotiating positions.
interesting presentation of economic metrics that portray a stable
national economy, some of which were that the U.S. annual                Following speaker presentations, a panel of local industry
gross domestic product continues to remain in a healthy range            professionals commented on their understanding of current and
of 2.8 to 3.4 percent and that the Federal Reserve Board appears         future Richmond area market conditions. Thanks go out to Bill
to be satisfied with leaving current interest rates alone for the        Barnett, Senior Vice President/ Partner, Commonwealth Commercial
foreseeable future.                                                      Partners, Clem Carlisle, Senior Vice President, East West Partners
                                                                         of Virginia, Inc. and Barry Musselman Senior Vice President, Real
One significant risk factor to the stability of the national economy     Estate Services, Wachovia Bank for sharing their insights.
would be if oil prices rose dramatically. Locally, there is always the
risk of a slowing housing market dropping off faster than anticipated.   After the event, Director of Government Affairs for the Home Builders
                                                                         Association of Richmond, Tyler Craddock, described the Richmond
Tom Tyler of Integra Realty Resources-Richmond presented data            building situation like this: “You are barreling down the highway at 90
showing new trends in the character of local building activity.          mph, then you slow down to 65 mph. At 65 mph, you are still moving
Defining the region as being the City of Richmond along with the         at a brisk pace, although your previous speed makes changes seem
Counties of Goochland, Powhatan, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover,         more drastic than they really are.”
New Kent and Charles City, single family construction fell from
91% to 79% of market share over the period from 2003 to 2006.           Cautious optimism and comfort from knowing Richmond’s long
Townhouse construction market share                                     history of housing market stability were recurring themes. •
over the same period doubled from 6%                        Ten-Year Annual New Home Closings and Average Prices
to 12% and condominium construction                                   in Suburban Richmond by Quarter
tripled, rising from 3% to 9%.                                         Source: Integra Realty Resources-Richmond

Significant condominium and townhouse
construction has been appearing in
suburban locations. Contributing to this
trend was the dramatic increase in single-
family home sales prices over the last five
years. From 2001 to 2006 the number
of suburban home sales closing under
$200,000 fell from 57% of those sales to a
meager 10%.

Furthermore, Mr. Tyler pointed out
that rural counties are experiencing a
high percentage of new home closings
compared with existing home closings in
the same jurisdiction. In the year ending
June 2006, new home closings, as a
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 4




ULI Richmond Leadership                         From The Chair: Putting the “You” in ULI

                                                                          W
2006-2007                                                                                      ow! That is what comes to mind as I glance at all
                                                                                               the activities covered in this newsletter - clearly, ULI
CHAIR                                                                                          Richmond is making a difference in our community,
John Grier, Trammell Crow Residential                                                          and we are looking forward to the year ahead for
                                                                          even greater impact. Perhaps what is even more remarkable is that
VICE-CHAIR                                                                all of these activities are initiated and implemented by volunteers, all
Chris Corrada, East West Partners of Virginia                             local members acting to enhance our neighborhoods and our region
                                                                          by undertaking efforts such as facilitating forums and worksessions,
DISTRICT COUNCIL COORDINATOR                                              offering programs on trends and best practices to enhance our
Robin Morrison, ULI Richmond                                              businesses, or mentoring the younger folks entering the various
                                                                          professions represented within ULI.
PROGRAMS                                        John Grier
Kristen Heckman, Chicago Title                  Chairperson             Throughout this newsletter, you will see updates on new initiatives,
John Nolde, Nolde Commercial Real Estate        ULI Richmond            and the leaders behind them. While some of these leaders are
                                                District Council
                                                                        drawn from our the ranks of our more “seasoned” members that
TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANELS                                               have a long familiarity with ULI, its mission, its ethics, and how to
Laura Lee Garrett, McCondlish Holton, P.C.      make things happen within the organization, we are also blessed with an emerging group of
                                                Young Leaders that are stepping in and stepping up, to bring new commitment, new ideas,
YOUNG LEADERS                                   and new energy to our committees and initiatives.
Ryan Fanelli, Ryan Homes
Teri Klug (Advisor), Commonwealth Architects    In the process, these Young Leaders are demonstrating that while the national organization is
                                                a vast enterprise with tremendous knowledge and leadership resources at the national level,
MEMBERSHIP                                      the local District Council offers a framework within which every member new or old can find,
Linda Smith, Landmark Design Group              perhaps even create, a leadership role based on their own particular interests. This framework
Tom Jacobson, Chesterfield County               gives all of our members an opportunity to volunteer and make a meaningful difference
                                                in our community through ULI Richmond, while at the same time contributing to their own
OUTREACH                                        professional development.
Costa Canovas, VHDA
Monique Johnson, VHDA
                                                This concept is best demonstrated by noting just a few of the members that have emerged
                                                in the past year to carry out past efforts or take on new initiatives. Specifically, I would like to
SPONSORSHIP                                     recognize and offer thanks to Laura Lee Garrett for her leadership with the Technical Advisory
Tim Davey, Timmons Group                        Program (TAP) and its successful execution of a TAP this year, with Adena Patterson’s editorial
Brett Womack, Divaris Real Estate               support for the published results; Dave Smith and Tom Jacobson for their leadership in the
                                                Alliance effort; the new duo in Programs Kristen Heckman and John Nolde, Jr., together with
COMMUNICATIONS                                  Jessica Bankston’s work on the outstanding program flyers; Tim Davey and Brett Womack
George Nyfeler, McCrone, Inc.                   for leading the Sponsorship effort; Karen Miller, and her strong successors Monique Johnson
                                                and Costa Canovas in Outreach for the development of new revitalization initiatives; and for
                                                establishing one of our most dramatic growth areas this past year, Teri Klug and Ryan Fanelli
Newsletter Committee                            with the Young Leaders group. And of course, with this newsletter, the folks involved, led by
                                                George Nyfeler, are setting a high standard for communicating all the many activities of ULI
EDITOR                                          Richmond. Look for much more from those folks in the months ahead!
  George Nyfeler
    McCrone, Inc.                               So, yes, it’s clear, we had a great 2006 as far as serving our community in new ways, and offering
LAYOUT & DESIGN
                                                professional development and networking opportunities to our members, but there is more to be
  Jessica Bankston                              done. Each of you has something to offer, some idea to advance, something to contribute that will
    D.O. Allen Homes, Inc.                      help shape the initiatives and programs of ULI Richmond. Please follow those that stepped up in the
                                                past year, and let us know your ideas, and how you can join us in our efforts in the year ahead. •
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 5




Ettrick Area TAP Update
By Laura Lee Garrett
Edited by George Nyfeler




P
           art of ULI’s community outreach program is to offer
           professional services to evaluate specific issues. One of
           those programs is ULI’s Technical Assistance Program
           (TAP). A TAP session is usually one day long and brings
together experts in the real estate and development industry to deal
with three to four well defined questions related to a land use issue.
The TAP is staffed by local ULI members and expenses are covered
by the sponsor or contracting entity. Briefing books are provided to
the TAP panel members prior to the TAP and a written report of the
findings follows one to three months following the event.

On August 9, 2006, five real estate and business experts were
brought together to answer three questions related the type of uses
and potential development along Chesterfield Avenue in Ettrick.           term development and growth, the TAP also evaluated the physical
The panel members were: Diane S. Akers, CPA, CEcD (ComBiz                 relationship of Ettrick to VSU and what improvements could be
Solutions and the Blacksburg Partnership); David Anderson, P.E.           made to enhance the relationship between the University and the
(Timmons Group); Benjamin B. Cummings, Jr. (Millennium Retail             Ettrick community.
Partners, LLC); Richard L. Ford, Jr., AIA (Commonwealth Architects),
and Brett Womack, CCIM, CPM (Divaris Real Estate).                        The event was supported by ULI Richmond – District Council
                                                                          and coordinated by the local TAP committee. Assistance to the
Virginia State University (“VSU”) is located within Ettrick. Ettrick is   committee was given by additional Richmond District ULI members,
a local community within Chesterfield County, but is not a separate       as well as a number of employees of Virginia State University and
governmental jurisdiction. While VSU continues to grow and                Chesterfield County. At the end of the day, the sponsors and various
improve its campus, it also faces geographic limitations. Currently       stakeholders were invited to a presentation of the panel’s findings and
there are also limited support services for the University provided       recommendations. Questions and comments from approximately forty
within the Ettrick community. As part of VSU’s Strategic Plan and         attendees followed the briefing of the findings.
Visionary process, the University and the County of Chesterfield
requested a TAP to evaluate what services might be needed to              If your locality would like to know more about the Technical Assistance
support VSU students, faculty, and employees while supporting and         Program, please contact Laura Lee Garrett, Chairman of the ULI
reinvigorating businesses in Ettrick. As part of the University’s long    Richmond TAP committee at lgarrett@lawmh.com or her McCandlish
                                                                          Holton, PC office phone 804-775-3897. •


Young Leader’s Corner
At the beginning of June, Teri Klug, Business Development Manager for Commonwealth
Architects, stepped down as Chairperson of the Young Leader’s Group (YLG) and was succeeded
by Ryan Fanelli. Ryan will oversee YLG’s various social and educational programs. Ryan is a
land manager with Ryan Homes.
Teri Klug has been involved with YLG since its inception two years ago. She has been instrumental
in making Richmond’s Young Leader’s Group a success, and will continue to be involved in ULI
Richmond. Also look for Lee Alford of Monroe Properties, who is an active member of Young
                                                                                                                         Ryan Fanelli
Leaders and continues to assume more leadership responsibility.
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 6




Non-Profit, For-Profit Developers Forum
By George Nyfeler




E
         arlier this year, ULI Richmond was the recipient of a
         Community Action Grant to fund a half-day workshop
         bringing together 60 players from local government,
         for-profit developers, non-profit organizations and
others interested in the challenging process encountered when
redeveloping some older neighborhoods and communities.

ULI/J. Ronald Terwilliger Chair for Housing, John MacIlwain, came
down from Washington, D.C. to facilitate the event held at the
Richmond office of the Virginia Housing Development Authority.

Attendees were assigned tables and tasks for breakout sessions
involving problem solving and then reporting on identified issues and
potential solutions to the rest of the group. Topics addressed were:          John MacIlwain                         Rachel Flynn
forming partnerships, development strategies, financing, creating
                                                                              mixed-use/mixed income developments, inner suburb revitalization
  Group Leaders for the day:                                                  and property acquisition.
    • Robin Miller – Miller & Associates
                                                                              Over lunch, Laura Lafayette, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs
    • Chris Corrada – East West Partners
                                                                              & MLS Richmond Association of Realtors, updated the group on the
    • Glen Hudson – LISC
    • Anthony Scott – RRHA                                                    Mayor’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Community Infrastructure for
    • Tom Jacobson – Chesterfield County                                      the City of Richmond. Also speaking were the City of Richmond’s
    • Ron Stallings – Walker Row Partnership                                  Rachel Flynn, Director of Community Development, covering the
    • Lee Householder - RRHA                                                  new mixed-use zoning ordinances and Art Dahlberg, Commissioner
                                                                              of Buildings, discussing his upgrading policy for code enforcement
  Key partner organizations:                                                  and streamlining of the construction permitting process in Richmond.
    • Chesterfield County Department of Community Revitalization
    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Wilder School of                      Many thanks go to the ULI-Richmond Outreach Committee members
      Government & Public Affairs Planning Department                         who organized the event: Monique Johnson - VHDA, Costa Canavos
    • East West Partners                                                      - VHDA, Eric Leabough - RRHA and Karen Miller Campbell - ULI
    • Better Housing Coalition
                                                                              community volunteer & contact person for the Action Grant. •
    • Richmond LISC


ULI Richmond Executive Committee well-represented at ULI
National Leadership Event
Four members of the ULI Executive Committee, John Grier, Chris Corrada, Linda Smith, and Teri Klug attended ULI National’s summer leadership event in
Washington, D.C. in August. For three days, the participants from district councils across the country shared innovative ideas and best practices.
While there was a lot of focus on the core activities of district councils, such as developing programs and establishing stable sponsorship
efforts, ULI Richmond had the opportunity to share its knowledge on two areas where it is among the forefront: establishing regional alliances
to advance quality and sustainable growth (see more about the founding of Richmond’s Quality Growth Alliance, page 12; and fostering
dialogue among a region’s for-profit and non-profit development enterprises to brainstorm on how partnerships might emerge to advance a
region’s revitalization and affordable housing objectives (see more about Richmond’s fall housing forum, page 3.
The participants were also among the first to hear of efforts to update ULI’s mission statement, as ULI National Chair Marilyn Taylor shared
the elements of National’s strategic plan for the year. The updated mission statement is intended to reflect the reality that both the national
organization and the district councils are pursuing increasingly in-depth and intensive efforts to positively address a wide-spectrum of quality of
life issues throughout the regions of the world. Look for further news on the mission statement update in the next ULI Richmond newsletter. •
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Announcing the Jack R. “John” Marlles Memorial Scholarship
ULI Richmond has joined with the                     Consistent with his innovation with the
Virginia Chapter of the American                     Main Street and Enterprise Zone programs,             Marlles Scholarship
Planning Association (VAPA) and Virginia             John applied his keen eye to strategically                Gift Form
Commonwealth University to establish a               examine the changes and challenges
scholarship fund in memory of John Marlles,          that were becoming apparent in Henrico’s
                                                                                                        Name
honoring his lifetime of work in urban               older suburban neighborhoods, and began
planning and revitalization.                         to raise the profile of those issues to the
                                                                                                        Address
                                                     County leadership. Rather than allow these
John was a 1983 graduate of the Master’s             issues to be addressed as a sideline within
in Urban and Regional Planning Program               the larger Planning Department’s mission,          City, State, Zip
(MURP) in VCU, and upon full funding,                John planted and nurtured the seeds that
annual scholarship awards will be made to a          grew to the eventual establishment of a new        Phone Number
leading student in that program.                     Department of Community Revitalization,
John was an active contributor to ULI                and he left his position in the Planning           E-mail Address
Richmond, serving on the Membership                  Department to head up this new initiative.
Committee and sharing his expertise at               John Marlles passed away on September              I would like to contribute in the following way:
various breakfast and luncheon programs.             20, 2005. In all that he did, John was best
In his professional life, John was known             known for his humility and generosity of spirit.   • My gift of $ ______ is enclosed in the form
throughout the Commonwealth for his                  We honor John for his tireless dedication to         of a check.
exceptional leadership in a variety of public        serve all residents, all neighborhoods, in the
agencies in Virginia. He came to Richmond            communities in which he served, and for that       • My gift of $ ______ is in the form of a
in 1979 to work for the Virginia Department          extra effort required to bring new ideas, and        pledge to paid: ___ Quarterly
of Housing and Community Development,                strategies, to organizations where leading
where he led the introduction and                                                                                          ___ Semi-Annually
                                                     change is often difficult.
implementation of the Virginia Main Street                                                                                 ___ Annually
Program. In 1987, he moved on to Roanoke             Please join ULI Richmond in sustaining the         No. of Payments ____ to begin ___________.
to lead that city’s Department of Planning           lessons that John’s life brought to us, by                                         (mo./year)
and Community Development, where his                 supporting our next generation as they study
push for the revitalization of downtown              the emerging trends in this region. Please         • Please charge/debit my gift of $______ to
included the ultimate preservation and rebirth       complete the form to the right and mail to:          the following:
of the Hotel Roanoke.                                                                                      ____ Visa ____ Mastercard ____ Amex
                                                       VCU College of Humanities & Sciences
Many of us in Richmond got to know John                   Attn: Director of Development
professionally in his role leading the Planning                  P.O. Box 842019                        Name (as it appears on card)
Department in Henrico County from 1998                     Richmond, VA 23284-2019
to 2004, however, to simply associate
                                                     Or, you may make a secure gift online at www.      Account Number
John with guiding the high quality growth
evident today in western Henrico would be            vcuf.org/ donations/ egiving _center.html.
to overlook that theme that ran throughout           Please reference the “J. Marlles Scholarship”      Expiration Date
his life, that confidence that with a little push,   when doing so. In the next newsletter, we
a little team work, and a lot of persistence,        would like to recognize those ULI members that     Signature
things can be better. It may be hard work,           help us achieve our goal of full-funding of the
but things can be better.                            scholarship, so please make your contributions        Your contribution is greatly appreciated!
                                                     as early as possible in the next 30 days. •
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A Glance Back At 2006
ULI Richmond was pleased to carry out the following slate of                   AUGUST
                                                                               • Young Leaders Event: West Broad Village
activities this past year. A heartfelt thanks is offered to all of you         • Technical Advisory Panel – Ettrick Area, Chesterfield County
that attended, participated, and of course, provided financial sup-            • Executive Committee Participates at ULI National Leadership Event
port for these events and activities:                                          • Young Leaders Event

JANUARY                                                                        SEPTEMBER
• Young Leaders Event: Understanding Legislative Policies                      • Young Leaders Event: Case Study – Refinancing the Wilton
                                                                                 Retail Portfolio
FEBRUARY
• Changing Face of Virginia Series: Capital Markets Review                     OCTOBER
                                                                               • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Richmond Metro Housing
MARCH                                                                            Market
• National ULI Advisory Services Panel: Jackson Place & N. Jackson Ward        • Housing Partnership Forum: For-Profit and Non-Profit
• Young Leaders Event: Rockett’s Landing                                         Development Partnerships

APRIL                                                                          NOVEMBER
• Young Leaders Event                                                          • Young Leaders Event: Breaking into Real Estate Development
                                                                                 – Darden School, UVa
MAY                                                                            • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Waterfront Development
• Young Leaders Event: Urban Renewal at the Manchester                           – Doing it Right
  District’s Corrugated Box Building
• Changing Face of Virginia Series: Zoning: Bliss or Bane                      DECEMBER
• Establishment of John Marlles Scholarship Fund                               • Holiday Reception with Mayor Wilder, at Richmond’s Historic
                                                                                 Main Street Station
JULY                                                                           • Joint Program with the World Affairs Council: Cities and Global
• Alliance for Quality Growth: Official Formation with Initial Board Meeting     Competitiveness


COMING SOON:
ULI Richmond’s Urban Marketplace Initiative
ULI Richmond’s Community Outreach Committee, headed by Costa                   been held by ULI Atlanta, ULI Houston, and ULI St. Louis.
Conovas and Monique Johnson, has announced the formation
of a workgroup to hold a Richmond Region Urban Marketplace,                    This is a significant, major undertaking for ULI Richmond, and
tentatively set for May 2007. The theme for this event will be “Make           as such, it is a great opportunity for members to participate in
a Deal, Make a Difference”.                                                    an effort that will be both highly visible and highly meaningful for
                                                                               participants and attendees. All members interested in the issues,
Urban Marketplace will evolve to be an annual conference to                    opportunities and strategies for promoting, fostering, or undertaking
showcase and promote investment opportunities and development                  infill, revitalization, and/or redevelopment projects are encouraged
strategies for urban and inner-ring suburban neighborhoods and                 to contribute to this effort, and we particularly encourage those that
business districts that are in transition. This will be the premier event      would like to showcase particular past development projects or
for public sector officials, finance professionals, real estate brokers,       specific future opportunities to join the workgroup early. This will
for-profit developers, non-profit development organizations, and               also be an outstanding opportunity for those of you that serve the
all other participants in the development process to come together             development community, such as financial services, design, and real
and find profitable and rewarding ways to take advantage of these              estate brokerage professionals, to showcase your firm’s services
opportunities. The Urban Marketplace concept was initiated by ULI              and opportunities. For more information, please contact Costa at
Los Angeles, and similar events, with a high degree of impact, have            (804) 343-5735 or Monique at (804) 343-5992. •
uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 9




Member Spotlight: Karen Miller Campbell
From time to time, we will recognize members of the ULI community                     joining Tom Jacobson in his newly formed Department of Revitalization in
that have stepped up and worked tirelessly to advance ULI’s mission                   Chesterfield County.
in the community. At this time, we would like to tell you about ULI
                                                                                      In Karen’s outreach role with ULI Richmond, she built bridges between
member Karen Miller Campbell.
                                                                                      the private sector members of ULI and the local non-profit housing and
Karen has recently “retired” from her role as the founding vice-chair of ULI          community development organizations. Her first high-profile project was
Richmond’s Outreach Committee. In this role, Karen exhibited the same                 not only a break-thru at the local level, but also recognized nationally
forceful drive as she demonstrated in her professional career. Trained in             as an innovation. In this project, Karen brought for-profit and non-profit
architecture at Virginia Tech, Karen applied her skills in the private sector,        developers and financiers drawn from the ULI Chicago District Council,
including a stint with award-winning developer HHHunt here in metro                   to Richmond so share their efforts to build partnerships between the
Richmond, but her mission-driven outlook was clear in her subsequent                  non-profit and for-profit sectors. That event was anchored by a dinner
work with the Better Housing Coalition, where she made a name for                     meeting, where then Lt.Gov. Kaine inspired our out-of-town guests with
herself in her contribution to the success of the Coalition’s Winchester              his background fighting for fair-housing. The next day brought further
Greens community. Winchester Greens has been nationally-recognized                    discussions and tours where the ULI Chicago group spent the day
as a landmark revitalization project, demonstrating that a thriving, mixed-           helping representatives from our for-profit and non-profit development
income community can emerge within an inner-ring suburb facing serious                community see the many opportunities in our city through new eyes.
challenges from blight. After four years, Karen moved to the public sector,
                                                                                      Karen also spearheaded the effort to bring the John Marlles
                                                                                      memorial scholarship to fruition, while also leading ULI Richmond to
                                                                                      successfully apply for and receive a major grant for further discussions
                                                                                      of partnerships among the for-profit and non-profit development
                                                                                      community here in Richmond. That effort resulted in last fall’s Housing
                                                                                      forum (see page 3), with the research of that forum serving as the
                                                                                      springboard for the upcoming Urban Marketplace (see page 8).

                                                                                      After giving so much to revitalization efforts in our community, both
                                                                                      professionally and thru her involvement in ULI Richmond, Karen has
                                                                                      turned her focus to her own household, and has handed the reigns of
                                                                                      the Outreach Committee over to two able successors, Costa Canovas
                                                                                      and Monique Johnson, both of VHDA. We thank Karen for her creativity
                                                                                      and commitment in establishing a strong and lasting role for the Outreach
                                                                                      Committee, and wish her much success in her future endeavors. •
Karen Miller Campbell leads Congressman Randy Forbes on a tour of Winchester Greens



ULI Richmond Awarded Action Grant
ULI Richmond was honored this past summer to be selected to receive a ULI Community Action Grant from the Urban Land Institute
Foundation. ULI Richmond was one of four Action Grant recipients, out of 23 applications from District Councils around the country for the
second round of competition in FY 2006. The grant, in the amount of $10,000, supported ULI Richmond’s initiative to develop and host a
forum and worksession designed to foster collaborative thinking among and between the for-profit and non-profit development communities.
The effort to compete for this grant was led by Karen Miller Campbell. For more information on this forum, see page 6.
The ULI Foundation supports the mission of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) by providing an assured source of funding for ULI’s core research,
education, and public service activities and for a variety of special initiatives. Through its various giving programs, the Foundation helps to
strengthen ULI’s ability to provide responsible leadership in the use of land to enhance the total environment. The ULI Foundation funds ULI
programs in the following areas: action grants, research, public service and education. •
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 10




Waterfront Development: Former Pittsburgh Mayor challenges
ULI Richmond audience to do it right!
                                                                             of waterfront views through high-value residential tax base, while also
                                                                             creating a critical mass of people that will activate the public spaces along
                                                                             the waterfront, making it more welcoming to all users of the waterfront.

                                                                             Mr. Canada described in great detail his city’s efforts to get the
                                                                             Appomattox dredged to allow renewed boat access to the downtown
                                                                             area. He also reviewed the already increased development activity
                                                                             underway in Petersburg, attributing it in part to the availability of relatively
                                                                             modest-priced land in close proximity to the historic district and waterfront.
                                                                             Mr. Condlin reviewed the various development projects that are underway
                                                                             along the riverfront in eastern Henrico, including Rocketts Landing, Tree
                                                                             Hill Farm, Wilton Farm, and Curles Neck Farm, and he described how
                                                                             the county anticipates a mix of public parkland and private open spaces
                                                                             along the waterfront. Two items of note were the new road intended
                                                                             to run parallel to Route 5 to help accommodate traffic needs along the




O
Pittsburgh skyline
                                                                             riverfront, and the Capital to Capital Trail, a recreational trail that will run
                  n November 21, former Pittsburgh Mayor Thomas              from Richmond to Williamsburg, with a substantial portion envisioned to
                  Murphy brought the story of Pittsburgh’s riverfront        run along the James as it extends out of downtown Richmond.
                  revival to Richmond, as the leading presentation in
                  ULI Richmond’s November edition of the Changing            Ms. Flynn reviewed the history of Richmond’s relationship to the
Face of Virginia Series. The program offered a discussion of                 riverfront, describing how like Pittsburgh, Richmond’s riverfront was
waterfront development strategies and a review of what is going              the base of industry and commerce until relatively recent times. Ms.
on along our region’s waterfronts. Murphy, a Senior Fellow at ULI            Flynn led the audience through a comprehensive inventory of the
National, was joined by Jim Constantine of Looney Ricks Kiss                 remarkably rich and diverse uses and experiences that Richmond
(LRK) for a review of other national case studies; David Canada,             offers along its waterfront, but noted that the challenges of creating a
City Manager of Petersburg, for an update of that city’s Appomattox          cohesive sense of place along the riverfront, and fostering stronger
riverfront initiative; Andy Condlin of Williams Mullen to review             urban design connections and better public access from the core of
Henrico County’s approach to planning along the James River; and             Downtown, still remain to be addressed in the years ahead.
Rachel Flynn, Richmond’s Director of Community Development, to
review the vision for the Downtown riverfront.                                  ...finding ways to bring residential uses to the
                                                                                edge of the public space is a great way to
Mr. Murphy led off with a review of the evolution of Pittsburgh’s
waterfront from an area dominated by industry, with minimal public
                                                                                reap the value of waterfront views...
access, to today’s stunning situation where the waterfront is an amenity     Mr. Murphy concluded with a commentary that the challenges Ms.
serving residents throughout the region. His tale of hard-fought battles     Flynn left on the table are not unusual, and that with commitment,
in his effort to maintain public access along the waterfront, including      like the level manifested in Pittsburgh, they can be overcome. His
his face off with the Steelers that resulted in the team’s practice fields   closing comments put the pressure on the audience to not leave
being shortened to 80 yards so that public access could be preserved         doing the “right thing” to just the local government, by calling out to
around the fields, offered a lesson that doing what is right can be          each of us to impress upon our leaders that there is no other option.
difficult, but with steadfast commitment it is achievable.
                                                                             In addition to the placement of activity generators like sports facilities
Mr. Constantine reviewed some of his firm’s work from throughout the         along the waterfront, a key principle in Pittsburgh’s success was to
country, and noted that the concept of preserving public access along        hold fast to the concept that there should be public access along the
the waterfront is a good one, and that finding ways to bring residential     entire downtown waterfront, to serve as a component of Pittsburgh’s
uses to the edge of the public space is a great way to reap the value        “Green Necklace” of recreational space. •
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 11




Noted Writer Alex Marshall on Global Competitiveness and Cities:
ULI Richmond joins with the Richmond World Affairs Council


O
                 n December 7, ULI Richmond joined with the
                 World Affairs Council to present noted writer Alex
                 Marshall at the Richmond Federal Reserve. Mr.
                 Marshall, a fellow at the noted Regional Plan
Association in New York and a prolific writer on the design
and economies of cities, offered the audience a review of key
factors for cities to consider as they try to position themselves
to compete in the global economy. Marshall’s commentary
offered three projects as examples of the principles that should
guide cities (and regions) in their effort to stake their claim in
the global economy.

In citing the Erie Canal, begun in 1820, Mr. Marshall pointed
out that this is an example of the principle of “looking beyond        Alex Marshall offers wisdom on how to position Richmond to be competitive in
today” and doing whatever it takes to put the right investments        the global marketplace, as Jim Ukrop listens attentively.
in place for the future. At the time that this improvement was
started, the budget was beyond any infrastructure effort up            overall theme, or plan to create a distinctive identify throughout
to that point, but was justified by the proponents as being            the city.
essential to position the New York region as a gateway to the
world, while supporting the development of the interior of that        In closing, Mr. Marshall also touched on “what not to do”, with
portion of the country. Marshall asserted that the measure of          the particular emphasis to the principles of “do not follow the
the “correctness” of this investment is obvious, as the canal                                          herd”, which translates to do not
made New York harbor important, resulting in New York City as                                          go out and get a “thing” or a “
a city unparalleled in its global position in the world economy.                                       building” or other project for your
                                                                                                       city, just because some other
The next example cited by Marshall was the decision of North                                           city did that project and it worked
Carolina leaders in 1956 to create the Research Triangle                                               for them. In essence, copy cat
Park around the university infrastructure of Raleigh-Durham-                                           strategies rarely succeed, and
Chapel Hill. He described this as an example of the “grow                                              the best investments are those
your garden” approach. The leaders in that area recognized                                             that are tailored to what the city or
that the “production” of college graduates was an asset that                                           region can do to be different than
could be leveraged to create a one-of-a-kind critical mass of         Marshall suggests Richmond       the rest.
technology jobs, that would, in turn, make the universities more      is well positioned to take
attractive to the “best and the brightest” students in the years      advantage of the eventual         Following Mr. Marshall’s
ahead.                                                                melding of the Piedmont           presentation, thoughtful
                                                                      Atlantic mega-region (Atlanta     commentary was provided by a
Finally, Marshall noted the efforts of Bilboa, Spain, to create a     to Raleigh) and the Northeast     panel consisting of Richmond
distinctive identity for itself. He began by pointing out the well-   mega-region (graphic:             business leader Jim Ukrop,
                                                                      Regional Plan Association)        Garland Pollard of Virginia Living
known symbol of that city, its free-form metal clad Guggenheim
Museum. Marshall pointed out, however, that this single                                                 magazine, and former Secretary
building, although gaining worldwide notoriety for the city, was       of Transportation Whitt Clement. All of the panelists spoke of
actually just one part of a consistent effort to position the city     the tendency in our region to drift toward a copycat mentality,
as a center of art, culture, and livibility. Thus, the lesson is       but also noted that this tendency is tempered by the equally
not to build a single cool building as the path to success, but        dysfunctional tendency of our region to avoid investing in public
rather, make all of your investments internally consistent to an       facilities and infrastructure. •
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 12




Collaborative Effort for Regional Vision Emerges: ULI Richmond leads
formation of the Alliance for Quality Growth – Richmond Region
By John Grier




I
    n July, a diverse group of stakeholders came together to form an        grow to preserve
    organization dedicated to foster open and honest dialogue on the        and enhance our
    growth issues facing our community, and to use that dialogue to reach   region’s quality of
    broad community consensus on how best to address those issues.          life. In addition to
                                                                            the commitment
The initial genesis of the alliance concept was an outgrowth of             to forming and
discussions started by ULI Richmond member Gary Fenchuk,                    supporting an
together with others, including ULI Richmond members Kim                    alliance to foster
Tingley and John Cogbill. The discussions eventually evolved into           these discussions,
a steering committee made up of a variety of stakeholders in the            a second product                                        Richmond Canal Walk
growth debate, including groups that normally hold opposing views           of this forum was a
on growth management principles. Based on ULI’s reputation as               commitment by the participants as to how the discussions should be
a fair and balanced “middle ground” resource, ULI Richmond was              undertaken, to ensure that the participants can move from opposing
tasked as the convenor of the effort, and Dave Smith assumed                viewpoints to a collective vision for the future. These values will
the leadership role of the steering committee. Other organizations          require participants to come to the debate in a mindset that is honest,
represented included the The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the                 inclusive, respectful, action-oriented, with a sense of urgency, and with
Richmond Association of Realtors, the Homebuilders Association of           candor. Participants also debated and recommended draft quality
Richmond, the James River Association, and the Greater Richmond             growth principles that could serve as a guide for how our region’s
Chamber of Commerce. The committee was able to draw on the                  growth should occur in the years ahead.
expertise of Suzanne Cartwright from ULI National, and a work plan
was established to gauge the interest of the broader Richmond               The steering committee took this charge forward, and incorporated the
community in establishing a formal alliance effort to lead collective       Alliance, with the following mission:
visioning and collaboration of growth issues.
                                                                              “To achieve positive change in the growth and
On May 18, 2005, approximately 60 invited leaders, some of which
came to the table with extremely divergent viewpoints about how
                                                                              land use practices of the Richmond Region
our region should grow, spent the day learning the facts about the            through education, partnership, and action”
growth pressures our region will face, and discussing the future of
                                                                            ULI Richmond has committed to playing a leadership role in this
the Richmond region. After gaining a common understanding of the
                                                                            new organization, and members will continue to be kept up to
trends, the participants ended the day with far more commonality than
                                                                            date on this initiative in this newsletter. What does this leadership
differences about the key actions that need to be taken. The common
                                                                            commitment mean for ULI Richmond and its members? As an
themes that emerged were generally summarized as the need for:
                                                                            organization, ULI will offer support for, and participation in, the
   1. maintaining and enhancing the quality of life of the area,            regional forums and educational efforts to be offered by the Alliance
   2. providing opportunity for all area citizens, and                      in the months ahead. In the long run, we can anticipate ULI
                                                                            Richmond being called upon to offer facilitation of working groups
   3. preserving the history, beauty, and uniqueness of the region.         to resolve specific issues or develop strategic polices, perhaps
A second leadership forum was held on October 26, 2005, where the           through Technical Advisory Panels. For individual members, as the
participants heard about how other communities are addressing their         Alliance evolves, as additional forums are held, as special studies
growth issues, and concluded that there should be a new organization        and TAPs are formed, the Alliance will be seeking the skills, talents
formed to serve as the instigator and forum for a series of even            and wisdom for which the ULI membership is known. For more
broader discussions on the growth issues, with the intended product         information on the Alliance effort, please contact Robin Morrison,
of those efforts a widespread consensus of how our region should            ULI Richmond Coordinator at ULIRichmond@Comcast.net. •
uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 13




Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA)
hosts ULI National Advisory Panel
Following a request by the RRHA, in March                                                         As part of the RRHA’s Strategic Plan, the
2006 an Advisory Panel was convened                                                               agency had determined it will advance
by ULI National in Richmond. The panel,                                                           redevelopment of this area in partnership with
consisting of distinguished panel of                                                              the city of Richmond. The advisory panel’s
urban planning experts and real estate                                                            planning recommendations included specific
practitioners drawn from other markets in                                                         action items that can be used by the city and
the country, undertook three days of study,                                                       the RRHA to advance the revitalization of the
then presented its recommendations for the                                                        area. ULI Richmond member Tim Davey
potential future development of the Jackson Place Redevelopment           was instrumental in helping the RRHA formulate the proposal and
area and North Jackson Ward in the city of Richmond.                      background briefing material for the Advisory Panel.
The primary focus of the panel was the Jackson Place area, a 65           “We are excited about the recommendations of the panel,” noted
acre area bounded on the north by Duval Street and Interstate             Sheila Hill-Christian, RRHA Executive Director at the time. She
95/64, the south by Jackson Street, the east by North 3rd Street          continued, “Their findings and strategies complement our interest
and the west by Chamberlayne Parkway, which includes the                  for a vibrant mixed-income, mixed-use community for the Gilpin
currently vacant properties on its eastern end, as well as the            Court and Jackson Ward neighborhoods. Going forward, we
Jackson Commons area currently undergoing development by a                will prepare to engage the Gilpin Court community, the city of
joint venture of Walker Row Partnership and Monroe Properties.            Richmond, our elected officials and other partners to develop
The panel also considered the area north of the Interstate,               a successful revitalization plan for the future of this historic and
consisting of North Jackson Ward and Gilpin Court.                        important area for the city.” •



ULI Richmond receives EPA/ULI National support for its
Alliance for Quality Growth effort
ULI Richmond, as the initial convenor and founding member of the          Councils with existing smart growth alliance programs, recipients in
Alliance for Quality Growth - Richmond Region, was awarded a              this category were ULI Atlanta, ULI Orlando, ULI Philadelphia, and
grant through the joint initiative of the Environmental Protection        ULI Washington. These District Councils were awarded $1500 to help
Agency and ULI National to foster the emergence of smart growth           them mentor new alliance efforts in other regions.
alliances in selected regions around the country.
                                                                          A second category consisted of District Councils that had strong
This grant is part of ULI National’s continued effort to work through     potential to foster regional collaboration on smart growth activities. ULI
and with local District Councils to form alliances, where diverse         Richmond’s grant was awarded in this category, to support its continued
stakeholders can work in through the civic and political stalemates       efforts in the formation and implementation of our region’s Alliance for
that often result when communities examine how best to support            Quality Growth. The grant was for $5,000, and ULI Richmond joins ULI
economic growth, accommodate a wide range of housing choices,             Colorado, ULI Seattle, and ULI Southeast Florida as recipients in this
enhance community livability, and protect the environment.                category. ULI Richmond is grateful for the EPA/ULI National support
                                                                          and recognition of our effort, and for the opportunity for ULI Richmond
According to ULI President Richard M. Rosan, the Environmental            and its members to participate in the Alliance as it seeks to promote
Protection Agency’s funding for ULI’s growing network of active and       civic engagement in the discussions on our region’s future.
emerging smart growth alliances is an extension of the federal agency’s
ongoing support of the Institute’s overall smart growth effort.           For more info on the Alliance for Quality Growth – Richmond
                                                                          Region, see the related article on page 12. •
The grants were awarded in two categories. In the category of District
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 14




New Members (January - November 2006)
John Arehart, III, Countryside Service Company               Patricia M. Kluge, Vineyard Estates
Kevin T. Barnes, Lumsden Associates, PC                      Charles Justin Lambert, Hyperlink Cafe LLC
Anthony R. Beck, Highwoods Properties, Inc.                  Aharon Laufer, Star Property Management, LLC
Andrew T. Bleckley, DesignForum                              Eric S. Leabough, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing
Lauren E. Block, MBA, Darden School of Business University         Authority
      of Virginia                                            Brandon Lee
Mitchell Bode, Wilton Development Corporation                Bob Lewis, Ryan Homes
Andy Boenau, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.                   Burke S. Lewis, McGuire Woods LLP
Ryan Boggs, Williams Mullen                                  Lewis Little, Jr., Grubb & Ellis/Harrison & Bates
Stephen B. Brant , HHHunt                                    Howard R. Long, III, Luck Stone Corporation
Brent A. Campbell, Vaaler Real Estate Company                Heather C. Mackey, McGuire Woods, LLP
Rohini D. Chopra, SunTrust Bank                              Joseph Marchetti, III
Michael Cooper, Henrico County                               William H. Mattox, Grubb & Ellis/Harrison & Bates
Shane Cusick, designforum inc                                Patricia Collins McCullagh, McCandlish Holton
Matt Dugan, Timmons Group                                    Thomas Jeremy Miller, Hanover County Economic Development
James G. Dunn, Chesterfield County Economic                  Robin M. Morrison, ULI Richmond District Council
      Development                                            Stephen Cassin Muir, Jr., The Long Companies
Marwa 0. El-Messidi, Virginia Department of Housing &        Kelly Sewell Nagel
      Community Development                                  Mark C. Nelis
Rich Hardin Ellis, Jr.                                       Charles Edward Nunnally, Jr., Philip Morris USA
Carolyn Entzminger, BCWH                                     George A. Overstreet, Jr., McIntire School of Commerce, University
Travis Gardner, Centex Homes                                       of Virginia
John Gillenwater, KBS, Inc.                                  Andrew A. Painter
Geleene Goffena, Henrico County                              Evan Paner, River City Land Company
Mark W. Green, ECorp Management Associates, Inc.             Donald G. Pendleton, Consensus Real Estate Services, LLC
Anthony Wolf Greenberg, Clark Realty Capital, LLC            Myles Perkins
J.Andrew Andrew Hagy, First Bank and Trust Company           Michael Pruitt, Pruitt Associates, Inc.
Larry Haines, City of Richmond Industrial Development        Thomas E. Pruitt, Pruitt Associates, Inc.
      Authority                                              Steve Quesenberry, Virginia Commonwealth University
John Robert Hauserman, Goode Land Company                    David Rau, 3North Architects
Shelia Hill-Christian, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing      Mary Reynolds, Henrico County
      Authority                                              Muriel Rodriguez, Schnabel Engineering
James Phil Huber, Marstel-Day, LLC                           Saundra R. Schmidt, Kaufman & Canoles
Kristie Howle Inge, Highwoods Properties, Inc.               Anthony Scott, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority
Safwan Jaber, Tameer Holding Investments                     Carter Snipes, Snipes & Partners
James E. Jarrell, III, Jarrell Properties, Inc.              William A. Stanley, William A. Stanley Companies, LLC
Stewart S. Jester, Better Housing Coalition                  Scott Sutton, Froehling & Robertson
William A. Johns, AES Consulting Engineers                   Benjamin W. Tripp, City of Salem
Bradley Michael Johnson, Columbia University                 Birge Swift Watkins, Landmark Atlantic Holdings, LLC
Monique S. Johnson, Virginia Housing Development Authority   Stacie Wiczulis, Grubb & Ellis, Harrison & Bates
Daniel Jones, East West Partners                             David Ryan Wilkins, CB Richard Ellis
Chad L. Joyce, Ryan Homes                                    Brian J. Wilson, Interstate Business
Christian Kiniry, Kiniry & Company, Inc.                     Dana Zaffuto, Higgins & Gerstenmaier
uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 15




What is a District Council?
 District Councils are ULI at the local level. District Councils are organized   use policy continues to be the focus and achievement of the District
in 48 North American communities and 13 European communities, and                Councils.
serve more than 30,000 of its more than 33,000 members.
                                                                                 In the ULI fashion of offering an unbiased and non-partisan exchange on
Through District Council sponsored educational forums and events                 issues impacting the industry, District Councils provide the avenues for
such as trends conferences, Smart Growth programs, and project                   active dialogues between private industry, environmental organizations,
tours, through community outreach programs, and by providing industry            and public agencies to help provide solutions to local and
expertise to community leaders, the opportunity to influence local land          regional issues.



The History of the District Council Program
The District Council Program began in 1983 when ULI’s Trustees                   senior staff positions within the national organization to administer the
approved a set of seven “District Council Network” regions. At that              District Councils, and set the framework for a substantial increase in the
time the Trustees noted that “as the American economy shifts from a              prominence of the Program within ULI, extending ULI’s influence into the
centralized industrial base to one of geographically separate, diversified       hometowns of its members.
economic centers, it is increasingly difficult to paint local issues with
a national brush and that as the balance of power—the ability to get             Upon assuming ULI’s Chairmanship in July, 1999, Ron Terwilliger made
things done—shifts form the national level to smaller political units, local     the District Council Program one of his primary focuses with objective
initiatives will become a driving political force parallel to the ‘bottom up’    to take the District Councils to “the next level” and make them the place
theory of networking structures.” By 1984 the network had expanded to            to be at the local level. A Summer Retreat in July 2000 resulted in a
nine regions.                                                                    new strategic plan setting forth a “seamless” organizational structure,
                                                                                 integrating all aspects of the Institute and the local level. The success of
The District Councils were intended to provide an expanded base of               the community outreach program and the frequency of Senior Resident
membership resources needed to support the Institute’s program of work           Fellows speaking engagements at District Council events are two
at the local level. By 1987 there were 34 metropolitan areas represented         examples. The next two chairs, Joe O’Connor and Harry Frampton,
in the network and nine meetings were held. By 1990, the regions were            continued to focus on “ULI in the Community” and the District Councils
replaced by District Councils in individual metropolitan areas.                  continue to grow exponentially as more and more real estate professionals
                                                                                 use ULI’s tool to make a visible difference in the communities in which
Led by Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, the District                they live and work. As a result, ULI’s membership has grown from 15,000
Councils moved from the “breakfast club” mode to entities which                  in 2000 to over 33,000 today. More and more District Councils have
produced ULI quality programs and began outreach activities in their             significant outreach strategies and our members are having a profound
communities. In 1996 a strategic plan was created, setting forth how             influence on the land use issues in the communities where they work
the District Councils should be organized, how they should function              and live. The District Councils have truly become the “delivery system”
and how they should be viewed within ULI. The plan created full-time             for ULI’s policy and practice agenda at the local level.



Support your local District Council - Be a ULI Richmond
Sponsor in 2007
Did you know that by harnessing volunteer action, ULI Richmond can               as those for Technical Advisory Panels and Outreach events. In
multiply your financial support to make a meaningful impact on the               return, the association of your business with ULI’s efforts will let the
future of our region by sharing ULI’s best practices, and improving              community know you and your business are serious about making a
the dialogue about growth and development? ULI Richmond offers                   difference in our community. To find out more about our sponsorship
numerous opportunities for community leaders to support its efforts              opportunities, and the benefits you will receive, contact us at
through annual sponsorships, event sponsorships, breakfast and                   coordinator@richmond.uli.org.
luncheon series sponsorships, and targeted sponsorships such
uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 16




Thank You ULI Richmond 2006 Sponsors!
The generous support of our 21 Sustaining Members creates the backbone that supports ULI-Richmond in 2006. None of what we’ve accomplished in the first half of the year would be
possible without those who you see proudly displayed at every ULI-Richmond event. Please take a moment to thank the sponsors below at the next event.

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ULI Newsletter

  • 1. Winter 2007 Vol. 1, Issue 1 One of the hallmarks of the Urban Land Institute is its NEWS commitment to bringing divergent viewpoints together to shed new light on old issues. One of the most illuminating events of the year was the May 9 program in ULI Richmond’s Changing Face of Virginia series, an event that turned out the be as entertaining as it was insighful... Zoning: Bliss or Bane? Luncheon attendees mingled prior to the presentation, held at the Country Club of Virginia. By George Nyfeler T he May 9th luncheon held at the Country Club of Virginia was as One or both of these speakers would satisfy entertaining as it was insightful. First, the program portion of a typical ULI Richmond two guest speakers detailed challenges lunch meeting. This event, however, had faced while navigating through the planning only just begun as actors prepared to role play stages for two large local mixed-use projects. the awkward assignments given them for the entertainment soon to follow. John Easter of Williams Mullen discussed the recent history of the making of the Watkins Centre Have you ever wanted to be in the shoes of project located at the intersection of Route 60 & your professional adversary? A number of Route 288 in Chesterfield County. people had that opportunity, each delivering performances from their own perspectives The initial groundwork and approval processes – some with plenty of standup comedy along for HHHunt’s Wilton Farm development project on the way. This mock re-zoning hearing was the east bank of the James River at Interstate 895 choreographed by Tom Jacobson, Chesterfield in eastern Henrico County were discussed by Jim County Director of Revitalization. Theobald of Hirschler Fleischer. —continued on page 2 Sustaining Sponsor SPOTLIGHT Chicago Title Insurance Company Southern VA National Commercial Center A National Business Unit and VA Direct Commercial Operation The Richmond office of Chicago Title Insurance Company was very pleased to be the signature sponsor of ULI for 2006. They were very excited at the opportunity when it was presented to them to show support of such a forward thinking and intellectual organization. The Richmond office of Chicago Title Insurance Company is a National Commercial Center that is your single source for commercial title insurance services. They bring you the underwriting experts, broad geographic coverage, staff and resources to bring your transaction to the closing table as quickly as possible. Chicago Title offers all the services you need for single-site, multi-site and multi-state transactions, equity participations, joint ventures, REITs, sale lease-backs and other complex transactions. Chicago Title has been putting its seal of approval on real estate transactions for more than 150 years. They are now an independent member of the Fidelity National Financial organization, unquestionably the largest organization in the title insurance business. • ULI Richmond District Council • 2231 Oak Bay Lane, Richmond, VA 23233 • Phone 804.754.4466 • Fax 804.754.0801
  • 2. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 2 continued from front page INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Table discussions followed. Granting the development near their homes and lobby THE CHANGING FACE OF VIRGINIA rezoning request would be a departure government officials to stop or modify LUNCHEON SERIES: proposed land development projects. These from the established local comprehensive Zoning: Bliss or Bane.............................1 plan. To the delight of our public-sector cases often seem to be the same show on SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: guests present, nearly all tables rejected the different dates and locations. What about Chicago Title..........................................1 proposed rezoning request. the notion that each project is a creative and independent idea? If so, then one size won’t The State of the Richmond One attendee commented, “A common fit all.” Housing Market......................................3 theme exists between this fictional case and real zoning cases. NIMBYs are ever- Thanks go to the willing participants in Ettrick TAP Update ...............................5 present. Citizens never seem to want any helping make the event fun! • Young Leader’s Corner ..........................5 Non-Profit, For-Profit Developer’s Forum.................................6 Jack R. “John” Marlles Memorial Sponsorship...........................7 A Glance Back at 2006..........................8 Coming Soon: Richmond’s Urban Willliams Mullen partner John Hirschler Fleischer Chairman Tom Jacobson, Director of Hanover Planning Marketplace Initiative.............................8 Easter explains the Watkins Jim Theobald describes the Community Revitalization for Commissioner Janet Binns acts Centre rezoning Wilton Farms case Chesterfield County as a property rights activist MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Karen Miller Campbell............................9 ULI Richmond Awarded Action Grant...........................................9 Waterfront Development: Former Pittsburgh Mayor challenges ULI Richmond audience to do it right!.........10 Noted Writer Alex Marshall on Global Competitiveness and Cities: ULI Willliams Mullen partner Andy Developer Bryce Powell acted Dr. John Moeser acts as an President of HHHunt Richmond joins with the Richmond Condlin acted as public planner as a wild-eyed citizen outspoken business advocate Communities Dan Schmitt acts as an affordable housing advocate World Affairs Council...............................11 Collaborative Effort for Regional Vision Emerges: ULI Richmond leads formation What about the notion that of the Alliance for Quality Growth – Richmond Region.................................12 each project is a creative Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) hosts ULI National and independent idea? If so, Advisory Panel......................................13 then one size won’t fit all. ULI Richmond receives EPA/ULI National support for its Alliance for Quality Growth effort...........................13
  • 3. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 3 The State of the Richmond Housing Market By George Nyfeler K nowledgeable speakers addressed the state of the housing percentage of the sum of new and existing home closings within market from national and local perspectives at a ULI- the same jurisdiction, were Goochland at 38%, New Kent at 34%, Richmond luncheon on October 3rd at the Country Club Powhatan at 32%, Chesterfield at 29%, Henrico at 23%, Hanover of Virginia. at 22%, Charles City at 17% and the City of Richmond at 11%. The sources of these numbers come from the Central Virginia MLS and Chris Chmura of Chmura Economics & Analytics displayed Integra Realty Resources-Richmond. statistics indicating that Metro-Washington, D.C. is clearly experiencing a housing industry recession. The Richmond area Both Ms. Chmura and Mr. Tyler indicated that the new market is housing market, however, is merely softening. She also gave an putting buyers in better negotiating positions. interesting presentation of economic metrics that portray a stable national economy, some of which were that the U.S. annual Following speaker presentations, a panel of local industry gross domestic product continues to remain in a healthy range professionals commented on their understanding of current and of 2.8 to 3.4 percent and that the Federal Reserve Board appears future Richmond area market conditions. Thanks go out to Bill to be satisfied with leaving current interest rates alone for the Barnett, Senior Vice President/ Partner, Commonwealth Commercial foreseeable future. Partners, Clem Carlisle, Senior Vice President, East West Partners of Virginia, Inc. and Barry Musselman Senior Vice President, Real One significant risk factor to the stability of the national economy Estate Services, Wachovia Bank for sharing their insights. would be if oil prices rose dramatically. Locally, there is always the risk of a slowing housing market dropping off faster than anticipated. After the event, Director of Government Affairs for the Home Builders Association of Richmond, Tyler Craddock, described the Richmond Tom Tyler of Integra Realty Resources-Richmond presented data building situation like this: “You are barreling down the highway at 90 showing new trends in the character of local building activity. mph, then you slow down to 65 mph. At 65 mph, you are still moving Defining the region as being the City of Richmond along with the at a brisk pace, although your previous speed makes changes seem Counties of Goochland, Powhatan, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, more drastic than they really are.” New Kent and Charles City, single family construction fell from 91% to 79% of market share over the period from 2003 to 2006. Cautious optimism and comfort from knowing Richmond’s long Townhouse construction market share history of housing market stability were recurring themes. • over the same period doubled from 6% Ten-Year Annual New Home Closings and Average Prices to 12% and condominium construction in Suburban Richmond by Quarter tripled, rising from 3% to 9%. Source: Integra Realty Resources-Richmond Significant condominium and townhouse construction has been appearing in suburban locations. Contributing to this trend was the dramatic increase in single- family home sales prices over the last five years. From 2001 to 2006 the number of suburban home sales closing under $200,000 fell from 57% of those sales to a meager 10%. Furthermore, Mr. Tyler pointed out that rural counties are experiencing a high percentage of new home closings compared with existing home closings in the same jurisdiction. In the year ending June 2006, new home closings, as a
  • 4. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 4 ULI Richmond Leadership From The Chair: Putting the “You” in ULI W 2006-2007 ow! That is what comes to mind as I glance at all the activities covered in this newsletter - clearly, ULI CHAIR Richmond is making a difference in our community, John Grier, Trammell Crow Residential and we are looking forward to the year ahead for even greater impact. Perhaps what is even more remarkable is that VICE-CHAIR all of these activities are initiated and implemented by volunteers, all Chris Corrada, East West Partners of Virginia local members acting to enhance our neighborhoods and our region by undertaking efforts such as facilitating forums and worksessions, DISTRICT COUNCIL COORDINATOR offering programs on trends and best practices to enhance our Robin Morrison, ULI Richmond businesses, or mentoring the younger folks entering the various professions represented within ULI. PROGRAMS John Grier Kristen Heckman, Chicago Title Chairperson Throughout this newsletter, you will see updates on new initiatives, John Nolde, Nolde Commercial Real Estate ULI Richmond and the leaders behind them. While some of these leaders are District Council drawn from our the ranks of our more “seasoned” members that TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANELS have a long familiarity with ULI, its mission, its ethics, and how to Laura Lee Garrett, McCondlish Holton, P.C. make things happen within the organization, we are also blessed with an emerging group of Young Leaders that are stepping in and stepping up, to bring new commitment, new ideas, YOUNG LEADERS and new energy to our committees and initiatives. Ryan Fanelli, Ryan Homes Teri Klug (Advisor), Commonwealth Architects In the process, these Young Leaders are demonstrating that while the national organization is a vast enterprise with tremendous knowledge and leadership resources at the national level, MEMBERSHIP the local District Council offers a framework within which every member new or old can find, Linda Smith, Landmark Design Group perhaps even create, a leadership role based on their own particular interests. This framework Tom Jacobson, Chesterfield County gives all of our members an opportunity to volunteer and make a meaningful difference in our community through ULI Richmond, while at the same time contributing to their own OUTREACH professional development. Costa Canovas, VHDA Monique Johnson, VHDA This concept is best demonstrated by noting just a few of the members that have emerged in the past year to carry out past efforts or take on new initiatives. Specifically, I would like to SPONSORSHIP recognize and offer thanks to Laura Lee Garrett for her leadership with the Technical Advisory Tim Davey, Timmons Group Program (TAP) and its successful execution of a TAP this year, with Adena Patterson’s editorial Brett Womack, Divaris Real Estate support for the published results; Dave Smith and Tom Jacobson for their leadership in the Alliance effort; the new duo in Programs Kristen Heckman and John Nolde, Jr., together with COMMUNICATIONS Jessica Bankston’s work on the outstanding program flyers; Tim Davey and Brett Womack George Nyfeler, McCrone, Inc. for leading the Sponsorship effort; Karen Miller, and her strong successors Monique Johnson and Costa Canovas in Outreach for the development of new revitalization initiatives; and for establishing one of our most dramatic growth areas this past year, Teri Klug and Ryan Fanelli Newsletter Committee with the Young Leaders group. And of course, with this newsletter, the folks involved, led by George Nyfeler, are setting a high standard for communicating all the many activities of ULI EDITOR Richmond. Look for much more from those folks in the months ahead! George Nyfeler McCrone, Inc. So, yes, it’s clear, we had a great 2006 as far as serving our community in new ways, and offering LAYOUT & DESIGN professional development and networking opportunities to our members, but there is more to be Jessica Bankston done. Each of you has something to offer, some idea to advance, something to contribute that will D.O. Allen Homes, Inc. help shape the initiatives and programs of ULI Richmond. Please follow those that stepped up in the past year, and let us know your ideas, and how you can join us in our efforts in the year ahead. •
  • 5. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 5 Ettrick Area TAP Update By Laura Lee Garrett Edited by George Nyfeler P art of ULI’s community outreach program is to offer professional services to evaluate specific issues. One of those programs is ULI’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP). A TAP session is usually one day long and brings together experts in the real estate and development industry to deal with three to four well defined questions related to a land use issue. The TAP is staffed by local ULI members and expenses are covered by the sponsor or contracting entity. Briefing books are provided to the TAP panel members prior to the TAP and a written report of the findings follows one to three months following the event. On August 9, 2006, five real estate and business experts were brought together to answer three questions related the type of uses and potential development along Chesterfield Avenue in Ettrick. term development and growth, the TAP also evaluated the physical The panel members were: Diane S. Akers, CPA, CEcD (ComBiz relationship of Ettrick to VSU and what improvements could be Solutions and the Blacksburg Partnership); David Anderson, P.E. made to enhance the relationship between the University and the (Timmons Group); Benjamin B. Cummings, Jr. (Millennium Retail Ettrick community. Partners, LLC); Richard L. Ford, Jr., AIA (Commonwealth Architects), and Brett Womack, CCIM, CPM (Divaris Real Estate). The event was supported by ULI Richmond – District Council and coordinated by the local TAP committee. Assistance to the Virginia State University (“VSU”) is located within Ettrick. Ettrick is committee was given by additional Richmond District ULI members, a local community within Chesterfield County, but is not a separate as well as a number of employees of Virginia State University and governmental jurisdiction. While VSU continues to grow and Chesterfield County. At the end of the day, the sponsors and various improve its campus, it also faces geographic limitations. Currently stakeholders were invited to a presentation of the panel’s findings and there are also limited support services for the University provided recommendations. Questions and comments from approximately forty within the Ettrick community. As part of VSU’s Strategic Plan and attendees followed the briefing of the findings. Visionary process, the University and the County of Chesterfield requested a TAP to evaluate what services might be needed to If your locality would like to know more about the Technical Assistance support VSU students, faculty, and employees while supporting and Program, please contact Laura Lee Garrett, Chairman of the ULI reinvigorating businesses in Ettrick. As part of the University’s long Richmond TAP committee at lgarrett@lawmh.com or her McCandlish Holton, PC office phone 804-775-3897. • Young Leader’s Corner At the beginning of June, Teri Klug, Business Development Manager for Commonwealth Architects, stepped down as Chairperson of the Young Leader’s Group (YLG) and was succeeded by Ryan Fanelli. Ryan will oversee YLG’s various social and educational programs. Ryan is a land manager with Ryan Homes. Teri Klug has been involved with YLG since its inception two years ago. She has been instrumental in making Richmond’s Young Leader’s Group a success, and will continue to be involved in ULI Richmond. Also look for Lee Alford of Monroe Properties, who is an active member of Young Ryan Fanelli Leaders and continues to assume more leadership responsibility.
  • 6. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 6 Non-Profit, For-Profit Developers Forum By George Nyfeler E arlier this year, ULI Richmond was the recipient of a Community Action Grant to fund a half-day workshop bringing together 60 players from local government, for-profit developers, non-profit organizations and others interested in the challenging process encountered when redeveloping some older neighborhoods and communities. ULI/J. Ronald Terwilliger Chair for Housing, John MacIlwain, came down from Washington, D.C. to facilitate the event held at the Richmond office of the Virginia Housing Development Authority. Attendees were assigned tables and tasks for breakout sessions involving problem solving and then reporting on identified issues and potential solutions to the rest of the group. Topics addressed were: John MacIlwain Rachel Flynn forming partnerships, development strategies, financing, creating mixed-use/mixed income developments, inner suburb revitalization Group Leaders for the day: and property acquisition. • Robin Miller – Miller & Associates Over lunch, Laura Lafayette, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs • Chris Corrada – East West Partners & MLS Richmond Association of Realtors, updated the group on the • Glen Hudson – LISC • Anthony Scott – RRHA Mayor’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Community Infrastructure for • Tom Jacobson – Chesterfield County the City of Richmond. Also speaking were the City of Richmond’s • Ron Stallings – Walker Row Partnership Rachel Flynn, Director of Community Development, covering the • Lee Householder - RRHA new mixed-use zoning ordinances and Art Dahlberg, Commissioner of Buildings, discussing his upgrading policy for code enforcement Key partner organizations: and streamlining of the construction permitting process in Richmond. • Chesterfield County Department of Community Revitalization • Virginia Commonwealth University, Wilder School of Many thanks go to the ULI-Richmond Outreach Committee members Government & Public Affairs Planning Department who organized the event: Monique Johnson - VHDA, Costa Canavos • East West Partners - VHDA, Eric Leabough - RRHA and Karen Miller Campbell - ULI • Better Housing Coalition community volunteer & contact person for the Action Grant. • • Richmond LISC ULI Richmond Executive Committee well-represented at ULI National Leadership Event Four members of the ULI Executive Committee, John Grier, Chris Corrada, Linda Smith, and Teri Klug attended ULI National’s summer leadership event in Washington, D.C. in August. For three days, the participants from district councils across the country shared innovative ideas and best practices. While there was a lot of focus on the core activities of district councils, such as developing programs and establishing stable sponsorship efforts, ULI Richmond had the opportunity to share its knowledge on two areas where it is among the forefront: establishing regional alliances to advance quality and sustainable growth (see more about the founding of Richmond’s Quality Growth Alliance, page 12; and fostering dialogue among a region’s for-profit and non-profit development enterprises to brainstorm on how partnerships might emerge to advance a region’s revitalization and affordable housing objectives (see more about Richmond’s fall housing forum, page 3. The participants were also among the first to hear of efforts to update ULI’s mission statement, as ULI National Chair Marilyn Taylor shared the elements of National’s strategic plan for the year. The updated mission statement is intended to reflect the reality that both the national organization and the district councils are pursuing increasingly in-depth and intensive efforts to positively address a wide-spectrum of quality of life issues throughout the regions of the world. Look for further news on the mission statement update in the next ULI Richmond newsletter. •
  • 7. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 7 Announcing the Jack R. “John” Marlles Memorial Scholarship ULI Richmond has joined with the Consistent with his innovation with the Virginia Chapter of the American Main Street and Enterprise Zone programs, Marlles Scholarship Planning Association (VAPA) and Virginia John applied his keen eye to strategically Gift Form Commonwealth University to establish a examine the changes and challenges scholarship fund in memory of John Marlles, that were becoming apparent in Henrico’s Name honoring his lifetime of work in urban older suburban neighborhoods, and began planning and revitalization. to raise the profile of those issues to the Address County leadership. Rather than allow these John was a 1983 graduate of the Master’s issues to be addressed as a sideline within in Urban and Regional Planning Program the larger Planning Department’s mission, City, State, Zip (MURP) in VCU, and upon full funding, John planted and nurtured the seeds that annual scholarship awards will be made to a grew to the eventual establishment of a new Phone Number leading student in that program. Department of Community Revitalization, John was an active contributor to ULI and he left his position in the Planning E-mail Address Richmond, serving on the Membership Department to head up this new initiative. Committee and sharing his expertise at John Marlles passed away on September I would like to contribute in the following way: various breakfast and luncheon programs. 20, 2005. In all that he did, John was best In his professional life, John was known known for his humility and generosity of spirit. • My gift of $ ______ is enclosed in the form throughout the Commonwealth for his We honor John for his tireless dedication to of a check. exceptional leadership in a variety of public serve all residents, all neighborhoods, in the agencies in Virginia. He came to Richmond communities in which he served, and for that • My gift of $ ______ is in the form of a in 1979 to work for the Virginia Department extra effort required to bring new ideas, and pledge to paid: ___ Quarterly of Housing and Community Development, strategies, to organizations where leading where he led the introduction and ___ Semi-Annually change is often difficult. implementation of the Virginia Main Street ___ Annually Program. In 1987, he moved on to Roanoke Please join ULI Richmond in sustaining the No. of Payments ____ to begin ___________. to lead that city’s Department of Planning lessons that John’s life brought to us, by (mo./year) and Community Development, where his supporting our next generation as they study push for the revitalization of downtown the emerging trends in this region. Please • Please charge/debit my gift of $______ to included the ultimate preservation and rebirth complete the form to the right and mail to: the following: of the Hotel Roanoke. ____ Visa ____ Mastercard ____ Amex VCU College of Humanities & Sciences Many of us in Richmond got to know John Attn: Director of Development professionally in his role leading the Planning P.O. Box 842019 Name (as it appears on card) Department in Henrico County from 1998 Richmond, VA 23284-2019 to 2004, however, to simply associate Or, you may make a secure gift online at www. Account Number John with guiding the high quality growth evident today in western Henrico would be vcuf.org/ donations/ egiving _center.html. to overlook that theme that ran throughout Please reference the “J. Marlles Scholarship” Expiration Date his life, that confidence that with a little push, when doing so. In the next newsletter, we a little team work, and a lot of persistence, would like to recognize those ULI members that Signature things can be better. It may be hard work, help us achieve our goal of full-funding of the but things can be better. scholarship, so please make your contributions Your contribution is greatly appreciated! as early as possible in the next 30 days. •
  • 8. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 8 A Glance Back At 2006 ULI Richmond was pleased to carry out the following slate of AUGUST • Young Leaders Event: West Broad Village activities this past year. A heartfelt thanks is offered to all of you • Technical Advisory Panel – Ettrick Area, Chesterfield County that attended, participated, and of course, provided financial sup- • Executive Committee Participates at ULI National Leadership Event port for these events and activities: • Young Leaders Event JANUARY SEPTEMBER • Young Leaders Event: Understanding Legislative Policies • Young Leaders Event: Case Study – Refinancing the Wilton Retail Portfolio FEBRUARY • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Capital Markets Review OCTOBER • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Richmond Metro Housing MARCH Market • National ULI Advisory Services Panel: Jackson Place & N. Jackson Ward • Housing Partnership Forum: For-Profit and Non-Profit • Young Leaders Event: Rockett’s Landing Development Partnerships APRIL NOVEMBER • Young Leaders Event • Young Leaders Event: Breaking into Real Estate Development – Darden School, UVa MAY • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Waterfront Development • Young Leaders Event: Urban Renewal at the Manchester – Doing it Right District’s Corrugated Box Building • Changing Face of Virginia Series: Zoning: Bliss or Bane DECEMBER • Establishment of John Marlles Scholarship Fund • Holiday Reception with Mayor Wilder, at Richmond’s Historic Main Street Station JULY • Joint Program with the World Affairs Council: Cities and Global • Alliance for Quality Growth: Official Formation with Initial Board Meeting Competitiveness COMING SOON: ULI Richmond’s Urban Marketplace Initiative ULI Richmond’s Community Outreach Committee, headed by Costa been held by ULI Atlanta, ULI Houston, and ULI St. Louis. Conovas and Monique Johnson, has announced the formation of a workgroup to hold a Richmond Region Urban Marketplace, This is a significant, major undertaking for ULI Richmond, and tentatively set for May 2007. The theme for this event will be “Make as such, it is a great opportunity for members to participate in a Deal, Make a Difference”. an effort that will be both highly visible and highly meaningful for participants and attendees. All members interested in the issues, Urban Marketplace will evolve to be an annual conference to opportunities and strategies for promoting, fostering, or undertaking showcase and promote investment opportunities and development infill, revitalization, and/or redevelopment projects are encouraged strategies for urban and inner-ring suburban neighborhoods and to contribute to this effort, and we particularly encourage those that business districts that are in transition. This will be the premier event would like to showcase particular past development projects or for public sector officials, finance professionals, real estate brokers, specific future opportunities to join the workgroup early. This will for-profit developers, non-profit development organizations, and also be an outstanding opportunity for those of you that serve the all other participants in the development process to come together development community, such as financial services, design, and real and find profitable and rewarding ways to take advantage of these estate brokerage professionals, to showcase your firm’s services opportunities. The Urban Marketplace concept was initiated by ULI and opportunities. For more information, please contact Costa at Los Angeles, and similar events, with a high degree of impact, have (804) 343-5735 or Monique at (804) 343-5992. •
  • 9. uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 9 Member Spotlight: Karen Miller Campbell From time to time, we will recognize members of the ULI community joining Tom Jacobson in his newly formed Department of Revitalization in that have stepped up and worked tirelessly to advance ULI’s mission Chesterfield County. in the community. At this time, we would like to tell you about ULI In Karen’s outreach role with ULI Richmond, she built bridges between member Karen Miller Campbell. the private sector members of ULI and the local non-profit housing and Karen has recently “retired” from her role as the founding vice-chair of ULI community development organizations. Her first high-profile project was Richmond’s Outreach Committee. In this role, Karen exhibited the same not only a break-thru at the local level, but also recognized nationally forceful drive as she demonstrated in her professional career. Trained in as an innovation. In this project, Karen brought for-profit and non-profit architecture at Virginia Tech, Karen applied her skills in the private sector, developers and financiers drawn from the ULI Chicago District Council, including a stint with award-winning developer HHHunt here in metro to Richmond so share their efforts to build partnerships between the Richmond, but her mission-driven outlook was clear in her subsequent non-profit and for-profit sectors. That event was anchored by a dinner work with the Better Housing Coalition, where she made a name for meeting, where then Lt.Gov. Kaine inspired our out-of-town guests with herself in her contribution to the success of the Coalition’s Winchester his background fighting for fair-housing. The next day brought further Greens community. Winchester Greens has been nationally-recognized discussions and tours where the ULI Chicago group spent the day as a landmark revitalization project, demonstrating that a thriving, mixed- helping representatives from our for-profit and non-profit development income community can emerge within an inner-ring suburb facing serious community see the many opportunities in our city through new eyes. challenges from blight. After four years, Karen moved to the public sector, Karen also spearheaded the effort to bring the John Marlles memorial scholarship to fruition, while also leading ULI Richmond to successfully apply for and receive a major grant for further discussions of partnerships among the for-profit and non-profit development community here in Richmond. That effort resulted in last fall’s Housing forum (see page 3), with the research of that forum serving as the springboard for the upcoming Urban Marketplace (see page 8). After giving so much to revitalization efforts in our community, both professionally and thru her involvement in ULI Richmond, Karen has turned her focus to her own household, and has handed the reigns of the Outreach Committee over to two able successors, Costa Canovas and Monique Johnson, both of VHDA. We thank Karen for her creativity and commitment in establishing a strong and lasting role for the Outreach Committee, and wish her much success in her future endeavors. • Karen Miller Campbell leads Congressman Randy Forbes on a tour of Winchester Greens ULI Richmond Awarded Action Grant ULI Richmond was honored this past summer to be selected to receive a ULI Community Action Grant from the Urban Land Institute Foundation. ULI Richmond was one of four Action Grant recipients, out of 23 applications from District Councils around the country for the second round of competition in FY 2006. The grant, in the amount of $10,000, supported ULI Richmond’s initiative to develop and host a forum and worksession designed to foster collaborative thinking among and between the for-profit and non-profit development communities. The effort to compete for this grant was led by Karen Miller Campbell. For more information on this forum, see page 6. The ULI Foundation supports the mission of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) by providing an assured source of funding for ULI’s core research, education, and public service activities and for a variety of special initiatives. Through its various giving programs, the Foundation helps to strengthen ULI’s ability to provide responsible leadership in the use of land to enhance the total environment. The ULI Foundation funds ULI programs in the following areas: action grants, research, public service and education. •
  • 10. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 10 Waterfront Development: Former Pittsburgh Mayor challenges ULI Richmond audience to do it right! of waterfront views through high-value residential tax base, while also creating a critical mass of people that will activate the public spaces along the waterfront, making it more welcoming to all users of the waterfront. Mr. Canada described in great detail his city’s efforts to get the Appomattox dredged to allow renewed boat access to the downtown area. He also reviewed the already increased development activity underway in Petersburg, attributing it in part to the availability of relatively modest-priced land in close proximity to the historic district and waterfront. Mr. Condlin reviewed the various development projects that are underway along the riverfront in eastern Henrico, including Rocketts Landing, Tree Hill Farm, Wilton Farm, and Curles Neck Farm, and he described how the county anticipates a mix of public parkland and private open spaces along the waterfront. Two items of note were the new road intended to run parallel to Route 5 to help accommodate traffic needs along the O Pittsburgh skyline riverfront, and the Capital to Capital Trail, a recreational trail that will run n November 21, former Pittsburgh Mayor Thomas from Richmond to Williamsburg, with a substantial portion envisioned to Murphy brought the story of Pittsburgh’s riverfront run along the James as it extends out of downtown Richmond. revival to Richmond, as the leading presentation in ULI Richmond’s November edition of the Changing Ms. Flynn reviewed the history of Richmond’s relationship to the Face of Virginia Series. The program offered a discussion of riverfront, describing how like Pittsburgh, Richmond’s riverfront was waterfront development strategies and a review of what is going the base of industry and commerce until relatively recent times. Ms. on along our region’s waterfronts. Murphy, a Senior Fellow at ULI Flynn led the audience through a comprehensive inventory of the National, was joined by Jim Constantine of Looney Ricks Kiss remarkably rich and diverse uses and experiences that Richmond (LRK) for a review of other national case studies; David Canada, offers along its waterfront, but noted that the challenges of creating a City Manager of Petersburg, for an update of that city’s Appomattox cohesive sense of place along the riverfront, and fostering stronger riverfront initiative; Andy Condlin of Williams Mullen to review urban design connections and better public access from the core of Henrico County’s approach to planning along the James River; and Downtown, still remain to be addressed in the years ahead. Rachel Flynn, Richmond’s Director of Community Development, to review the vision for the Downtown riverfront. ...finding ways to bring residential uses to the edge of the public space is a great way to Mr. Murphy led off with a review of the evolution of Pittsburgh’s waterfront from an area dominated by industry, with minimal public reap the value of waterfront views... access, to today’s stunning situation where the waterfront is an amenity Mr. Murphy concluded with a commentary that the challenges Ms. serving residents throughout the region. His tale of hard-fought battles Flynn left on the table are not unusual, and that with commitment, in his effort to maintain public access along the waterfront, including like the level manifested in Pittsburgh, they can be overcome. His his face off with the Steelers that resulted in the team’s practice fields closing comments put the pressure on the audience to not leave being shortened to 80 yards so that public access could be preserved doing the “right thing” to just the local government, by calling out to around the fields, offered a lesson that doing what is right can be each of us to impress upon our leaders that there is no other option. difficult, but with steadfast commitment it is achievable. In addition to the placement of activity generators like sports facilities Mr. Constantine reviewed some of his firm’s work from throughout the along the waterfront, a key principle in Pittsburgh’s success was to country, and noted that the concept of preserving public access along hold fast to the concept that there should be public access along the the waterfront is a good one, and that finding ways to bring residential entire downtown waterfront, to serve as a component of Pittsburgh’s uses to the edge of the public space is a great way to reap the value “Green Necklace” of recreational space. •
  • 11. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 11 Noted Writer Alex Marshall on Global Competitiveness and Cities: ULI Richmond joins with the Richmond World Affairs Council O n December 7, ULI Richmond joined with the World Affairs Council to present noted writer Alex Marshall at the Richmond Federal Reserve. Mr. Marshall, a fellow at the noted Regional Plan Association in New York and a prolific writer on the design and economies of cities, offered the audience a review of key factors for cities to consider as they try to position themselves to compete in the global economy. Marshall’s commentary offered three projects as examples of the principles that should guide cities (and regions) in their effort to stake their claim in the global economy. In citing the Erie Canal, begun in 1820, Mr. Marshall pointed out that this is an example of the principle of “looking beyond Alex Marshall offers wisdom on how to position Richmond to be competitive in today” and doing whatever it takes to put the right investments the global marketplace, as Jim Ukrop listens attentively. in place for the future. At the time that this improvement was started, the budget was beyond any infrastructure effort up overall theme, or plan to create a distinctive identify throughout to that point, but was justified by the proponents as being the city. essential to position the New York region as a gateway to the world, while supporting the development of the interior of that In closing, Mr. Marshall also touched on “what not to do”, with portion of the country. Marshall asserted that the measure of the particular emphasis to the principles of “do not follow the the “correctness” of this investment is obvious, as the canal herd”, which translates to do not made New York harbor important, resulting in New York City as go out and get a “thing” or a “ a city unparalleled in its global position in the world economy. building” or other project for your city, just because some other The next example cited by Marshall was the decision of North city did that project and it worked Carolina leaders in 1956 to create the Research Triangle for them. In essence, copy cat Park around the university infrastructure of Raleigh-Durham- strategies rarely succeed, and Chapel Hill. He described this as an example of the “grow the best investments are those your garden” approach. The leaders in that area recognized that are tailored to what the city or that the “production” of college graduates was an asset that region can do to be different than could be leveraged to create a one-of-a-kind critical mass of Marshall suggests Richmond the rest. technology jobs, that would, in turn, make the universities more is well positioned to take attractive to the “best and the brightest” students in the years advantage of the eventual Following Mr. Marshall’s ahead. melding of the Piedmont presentation, thoughtful Atlantic mega-region (Atlanta commentary was provided by a Finally, Marshall noted the efforts of Bilboa, Spain, to create a to Raleigh) and the Northeast panel consisting of Richmond distinctive identity for itself. He began by pointing out the well- mega-region (graphic: business leader Jim Ukrop, Regional Plan Association) Garland Pollard of Virginia Living known symbol of that city, its free-form metal clad Guggenheim Museum. Marshall pointed out, however, that this single magazine, and former Secretary building, although gaining worldwide notoriety for the city, was of Transportation Whitt Clement. All of the panelists spoke of actually just one part of a consistent effort to position the city the tendency in our region to drift toward a copycat mentality, as a center of art, culture, and livibility. Thus, the lesson is but also noted that this tendency is tempered by the equally not to build a single cool building as the path to success, but dysfunctional tendency of our region to avoid investing in public rather, make all of your investments internally consistent to an facilities and infrastructure. •
  • 12. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 12 Collaborative Effort for Regional Vision Emerges: ULI Richmond leads formation of the Alliance for Quality Growth – Richmond Region By John Grier I n July, a diverse group of stakeholders came together to form an grow to preserve organization dedicated to foster open and honest dialogue on the and enhance our growth issues facing our community, and to use that dialogue to reach region’s quality of broad community consensus on how best to address those issues. life. In addition to the commitment The initial genesis of the alliance concept was an outgrowth of to forming and discussions started by ULI Richmond member Gary Fenchuk, supporting an together with others, including ULI Richmond members Kim alliance to foster Tingley and John Cogbill. The discussions eventually evolved into these discussions, a steering committee made up of a variety of stakeholders in the a second product Richmond Canal Walk growth debate, including groups that normally hold opposing views of this forum was a on growth management principles. Based on ULI’s reputation as commitment by the participants as to how the discussions should be a fair and balanced “middle ground” resource, ULI Richmond was undertaken, to ensure that the participants can move from opposing tasked as the convenor of the effort, and Dave Smith assumed viewpoints to a collective vision for the future. These values will the leadership role of the steering committee. Other organizations require participants to come to the debate in a mindset that is honest, represented included the The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the inclusive, respectful, action-oriented, with a sense of urgency, and with Richmond Association of Realtors, the Homebuilders Association of candor. Participants also debated and recommended draft quality Richmond, the James River Association, and the Greater Richmond growth principles that could serve as a guide for how our region’s Chamber of Commerce. The committee was able to draw on the growth should occur in the years ahead. expertise of Suzanne Cartwright from ULI National, and a work plan was established to gauge the interest of the broader Richmond The steering committee took this charge forward, and incorporated the community in establishing a formal alliance effort to lead collective Alliance, with the following mission: visioning and collaboration of growth issues. “To achieve positive change in the growth and On May 18, 2005, approximately 60 invited leaders, some of which came to the table with extremely divergent viewpoints about how land use practices of the Richmond Region our region should grow, spent the day learning the facts about the through education, partnership, and action” growth pressures our region will face, and discussing the future of ULI Richmond has committed to playing a leadership role in this the Richmond region. After gaining a common understanding of the new organization, and members will continue to be kept up to trends, the participants ended the day with far more commonality than date on this initiative in this newsletter. What does this leadership differences about the key actions that need to be taken. The common commitment mean for ULI Richmond and its members? As an themes that emerged were generally summarized as the need for: organization, ULI will offer support for, and participation in, the 1. maintaining and enhancing the quality of life of the area, regional forums and educational efforts to be offered by the Alliance 2. providing opportunity for all area citizens, and in the months ahead. In the long run, we can anticipate ULI Richmond being called upon to offer facilitation of working groups 3. preserving the history, beauty, and uniqueness of the region. to resolve specific issues or develop strategic polices, perhaps A second leadership forum was held on October 26, 2005, where the through Technical Advisory Panels. For individual members, as the participants heard about how other communities are addressing their Alliance evolves, as additional forums are held, as special studies growth issues, and concluded that there should be a new organization and TAPs are formed, the Alliance will be seeking the skills, talents formed to serve as the instigator and forum for a series of even and wisdom for which the ULI membership is known. For more broader discussions on the growth issues, with the intended product information on the Alliance effort, please contact Robin Morrison, of those efforts a widespread consensus of how our region should ULI Richmond Coordinator at ULIRichmond@Comcast.net. •
  • 13. uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 13 Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) hosts ULI National Advisory Panel Following a request by the RRHA, in March As part of the RRHA’s Strategic Plan, the 2006 an Advisory Panel was convened agency had determined it will advance by ULI National in Richmond. The panel, redevelopment of this area in partnership with consisting of distinguished panel of the city of Richmond. The advisory panel’s urban planning experts and real estate planning recommendations included specific practitioners drawn from other markets in action items that can be used by the city and the country, undertook three days of study, the RRHA to advance the revitalization of the then presented its recommendations for the area. ULI Richmond member Tim Davey potential future development of the Jackson Place Redevelopment was instrumental in helping the RRHA formulate the proposal and area and North Jackson Ward in the city of Richmond. background briefing material for the Advisory Panel. The primary focus of the panel was the Jackson Place area, a 65 “We are excited about the recommendations of the panel,” noted acre area bounded on the north by Duval Street and Interstate Sheila Hill-Christian, RRHA Executive Director at the time. She 95/64, the south by Jackson Street, the east by North 3rd Street continued, “Their findings and strategies complement our interest and the west by Chamberlayne Parkway, which includes the for a vibrant mixed-income, mixed-use community for the Gilpin currently vacant properties on its eastern end, as well as the Court and Jackson Ward neighborhoods. Going forward, we Jackson Commons area currently undergoing development by a will prepare to engage the Gilpin Court community, the city of joint venture of Walker Row Partnership and Monroe Properties. Richmond, our elected officials and other partners to develop The panel also considered the area north of the Interstate, a successful revitalization plan for the future of this historic and consisting of North Jackson Ward and Gilpin Court. important area for the city.” • ULI Richmond receives EPA/ULI National support for its Alliance for Quality Growth effort ULI Richmond, as the initial convenor and founding member of the Councils with existing smart growth alliance programs, recipients in Alliance for Quality Growth - Richmond Region, was awarded a this category were ULI Atlanta, ULI Orlando, ULI Philadelphia, and grant through the joint initiative of the Environmental Protection ULI Washington. These District Councils were awarded $1500 to help Agency and ULI National to foster the emergence of smart growth them mentor new alliance efforts in other regions. alliances in selected regions around the country. A second category consisted of District Councils that had strong This grant is part of ULI National’s continued effort to work through potential to foster regional collaboration on smart growth activities. ULI and with local District Councils to form alliances, where diverse Richmond’s grant was awarded in this category, to support its continued stakeholders can work in through the civic and political stalemates efforts in the formation and implementation of our region’s Alliance for that often result when communities examine how best to support Quality Growth. The grant was for $5,000, and ULI Richmond joins ULI economic growth, accommodate a wide range of housing choices, Colorado, ULI Seattle, and ULI Southeast Florida as recipients in this enhance community livability, and protect the environment. category. ULI Richmond is grateful for the EPA/ULI National support and recognition of our effort, and for the opportunity for ULI Richmond According to ULI President Richard M. Rosan, the Environmental and its members to participate in the Alliance as it seeks to promote Protection Agency’s funding for ULI’s growing network of active and civic engagement in the discussions on our region’s future. emerging smart growth alliances is an extension of the federal agency’s ongoing support of the Institute’s overall smart growth effort. For more info on the Alliance for Quality Growth – Richmond Region, see the related article on page 12. • The grants were awarded in two categories. In the category of District
  • 14. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 14 New Members (January - November 2006) John Arehart, III, Countryside Service Company Patricia M. Kluge, Vineyard Estates Kevin T. Barnes, Lumsden Associates, PC Charles Justin Lambert, Hyperlink Cafe LLC Anthony R. Beck, Highwoods Properties, Inc. Aharon Laufer, Star Property Management, LLC Andrew T. Bleckley, DesignForum Eric S. Leabough, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Lauren E. Block, MBA, Darden School of Business University Authority of Virginia Brandon Lee Mitchell Bode, Wilton Development Corporation Bob Lewis, Ryan Homes Andy Boenau, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Burke S. Lewis, McGuire Woods LLP Ryan Boggs, Williams Mullen Lewis Little, Jr., Grubb & Ellis/Harrison & Bates Stephen B. Brant , HHHunt Howard R. Long, III, Luck Stone Corporation Brent A. Campbell, Vaaler Real Estate Company Heather C. Mackey, McGuire Woods, LLP Rohini D. Chopra, SunTrust Bank Joseph Marchetti, III Michael Cooper, Henrico County William H. Mattox, Grubb & Ellis/Harrison & Bates Shane Cusick, designforum inc Patricia Collins McCullagh, McCandlish Holton Matt Dugan, Timmons Group Thomas Jeremy Miller, Hanover County Economic Development James G. Dunn, Chesterfield County Economic Robin M. Morrison, ULI Richmond District Council Development Stephen Cassin Muir, Jr., The Long Companies Marwa 0. El-Messidi, Virginia Department of Housing & Kelly Sewell Nagel Community Development Mark C. Nelis Rich Hardin Ellis, Jr. Charles Edward Nunnally, Jr., Philip Morris USA Carolyn Entzminger, BCWH George A. Overstreet, Jr., McIntire School of Commerce, University Travis Gardner, Centex Homes of Virginia John Gillenwater, KBS, Inc. Andrew A. Painter Geleene Goffena, Henrico County Evan Paner, River City Land Company Mark W. Green, ECorp Management Associates, Inc. Donald G. Pendleton, Consensus Real Estate Services, LLC Anthony Wolf Greenberg, Clark Realty Capital, LLC Myles Perkins J.Andrew Andrew Hagy, First Bank and Trust Company Michael Pruitt, Pruitt Associates, Inc. Larry Haines, City of Richmond Industrial Development Thomas E. Pruitt, Pruitt Associates, Inc. Authority Steve Quesenberry, Virginia Commonwealth University John Robert Hauserman, Goode Land Company David Rau, 3North Architects Shelia Hill-Christian, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Mary Reynolds, Henrico County Authority Muriel Rodriguez, Schnabel Engineering James Phil Huber, Marstel-Day, LLC Saundra R. Schmidt, Kaufman & Canoles Kristie Howle Inge, Highwoods Properties, Inc. Anthony Scott, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority Safwan Jaber, Tameer Holding Investments Carter Snipes, Snipes & Partners James E. Jarrell, III, Jarrell Properties, Inc. William A. Stanley, William A. Stanley Companies, LLC Stewart S. Jester, Better Housing Coalition Scott Sutton, Froehling & Robertson William A. Johns, AES Consulting Engineers Benjamin W. Tripp, City of Salem Bradley Michael Johnson, Columbia University Birge Swift Watkins, Landmark Atlantic Holdings, LLC Monique S. Johnson, Virginia Housing Development Authority Stacie Wiczulis, Grubb & Ellis, Harrison & Bates Daniel Jones, East West Partners David Ryan Wilkins, CB Richard Ellis Chad L. Joyce, Ryan Homes Brian J. Wilson, Interstate Business Christian Kiniry, Kiniry & Company, Inc. Dana Zaffuto, Higgins & Gerstenmaier
  • 15. uli richmond N EWSLETTER | PAGE 15 What is a District Council? District Councils are ULI at the local level. District Councils are organized use policy continues to be the focus and achievement of the District in 48 North American communities and 13 European communities, and Councils. serve more than 30,000 of its more than 33,000 members. In the ULI fashion of offering an unbiased and non-partisan exchange on Through District Council sponsored educational forums and events issues impacting the industry, District Councils provide the avenues for such as trends conferences, Smart Growth programs, and project active dialogues between private industry, environmental organizations, tours, through community outreach programs, and by providing industry and public agencies to help provide solutions to local and expertise to community leaders, the opportunity to influence local land regional issues. The History of the District Council Program The District Council Program began in 1983 when ULI’s Trustees senior staff positions within the national organization to administer the approved a set of seven “District Council Network” regions. At that District Councils, and set the framework for a substantial increase in the time the Trustees noted that “as the American economy shifts from a prominence of the Program within ULI, extending ULI’s influence into the centralized industrial base to one of geographically separate, diversified hometowns of its members. economic centers, it is increasingly difficult to paint local issues with a national brush and that as the balance of power—the ability to get Upon assuming ULI’s Chairmanship in July, 1999, Ron Terwilliger made things done—shifts form the national level to smaller political units, local the District Council Program one of his primary focuses with objective initiatives will become a driving political force parallel to the ‘bottom up’ to take the District Councils to “the next level” and make them the place theory of networking structures.” By 1984 the network had expanded to to be at the local level. A Summer Retreat in July 2000 resulted in a nine regions. new strategic plan setting forth a “seamless” organizational structure, integrating all aspects of the Institute and the local level. The success of The District Councils were intended to provide an expanded base of the community outreach program and the frequency of Senior Resident membership resources needed to support the Institute’s program of work Fellows speaking engagements at District Council events are two at the local level. By 1987 there were 34 metropolitan areas represented examples. The next two chairs, Joe O’Connor and Harry Frampton, in the network and nine meetings were held. By 1990, the regions were continued to focus on “ULI in the Community” and the District Councils replaced by District Councils in individual metropolitan areas. continue to grow exponentially as more and more real estate professionals use ULI’s tool to make a visible difference in the communities in which Led by Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, the District they live and work. As a result, ULI’s membership has grown from 15,000 Councils moved from the “breakfast club” mode to entities which in 2000 to over 33,000 today. More and more District Councils have produced ULI quality programs and began outreach activities in their significant outreach strategies and our members are having a profound communities. In 1996 a strategic plan was created, setting forth how influence on the land use issues in the communities where they work the District Councils should be organized, how they should function and live. The District Councils have truly become the “delivery system” and how they should be viewed within ULI. The plan created full-time for ULI’s policy and practice agenda at the local level. Support your local District Council - Be a ULI Richmond Sponsor in 2007 Did you know that by harnessing volunteer action, ULI Richmond can as those for Technical Advisory Panels and Outreach events. In multiply your financial support to make a meaningful impact on the return, the association of your business with ULI’s efforts will let the future of our region by sharing ULI’s best practices, and improving community know you and your business are serious about making a the dialogue about growth and development? ULI Richmond offers difference in our community. To find out more about our sponsorship numerous opportunities for community leaders to support its efforts opportunities, and the benefits you will receive, contact us at through annual sponsorships, event sponsorships, breakfast and coordinator@richmond.uli.org. luncheon series sponsorships, and targeted sponsorships such
  • 16. uli richmond NEWSLETTER | PAGE 16 Thank You ULI Richmond 2006 Sponsors! The generous support of our 21 Sustaining Members creates the backbone that supports ULI-Richmond in 2006. None of what we’ve accomplished in the first half of the year would be possible without those who you see proudly displayed at every ULI-Richmond event. Please take a moment to thank the sponsors below at the next event.