Speaker:	Marlene Gafrick Director Dept. of Planning & Development City of Houston
Location:	Weingarten Realty Investors 2600 Citadel Plaza Dr. Houston, TX 77008
Schedule:	5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Registration:	$20 Member /$35 Future Members $15 / $25 Students

Please join ULI Young Leaders for this exclusive conversation with City of Houston Planning & Development Director, Marlene Gafrick.

Planning and land use regulation have taken more of the spotlight in the City of Houston over the past few years. The recent Urban Corridors Ordinance, intended to encourage density of development in the new light rail corridors, brought these issues to center stage. The desirability of a more urban, pedestrian-oriented style of development, and the interplay between City leaders and the private real estate development community, continue to be vigorously debated topics.

Gafrick will give an overview of these and other major issues the City of Houston Planning & Development Department has addressed during her 29-year tenure. She will also outline issues Houston’s new Mayoral administration is likely to face in the areas of transportation, zoning and other land-use challenges in our rapidly growing city.

Marlene Gafrick was named Planning Director by Houston Mayor Bill While on July 7, 2005 and has more than 29 years' experience in land development in Houston. The Department provides tools and resources to strengthen and increase the long-term viability of neighborhoods, regulates land development in Houston and the extra territorial jurisdiction and reviews, investigates and promotes land regulation policies for the changing demands to Houston's growth and quality of life.

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