Dom Nozzi

Biographical Sketch

  B.A. in Environmental Science, State University of New York at Plattsburgh (1983)

M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University (1985)

Member, American Institute of Certified Planners, American Planning Association, Congress for the New Urbanism

Marquis Who's Who for the South and Southwest

President, Duckpond Neighborhood Association, 1999 to 2005

Chair-elect, San Felasco section FL American Planning Association, 2006

Executive Director, Walkable Streets Urban Design Consulting, 2007 to Present.

Planner for City of Gainesville, Florida from 1986 to present. Planner for Boulder, Colorado in 1996 to 1997.

Senior Planner in long-range comprehensive planning for Gainesville.

Urban Designer for Gainesville.

Lead planner for establishing and expand City's innovative "creek setback" ordinance.

Authored the Environmental Conservation, Recreation, and Solid Waste Elements of Gainesville's 1991-2001 Comprehensive Plan, and the Future Land Use, Urban Design, and Transportation Elements of Gainesville's 2001-2011 Comprehensive Plan.

Have prepared or revised ordinances pertaining to the protection of creeks, lakes, wetlands, wellfields, nature parks, upland ecological communities, and gateway streets. Other ordinances prepared or revised include noise control, landscaping and tree management, animal control, sign control, downtown Traditional City overlay, planned unit developments, big box retail, form-based codes, transforming a conventional shopping center into a walkable town center, and traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs).

Was the lead planner for Gainesville's 26-mile greenway trail system.

Have conducted detailed, long-term research in the areas of land use and transportation planning. As a result, have been a life-long advocate of appropriate transportation and community scale.

Served as editor for the update of the city's "Development Guide," which is an award-winning guide describing, in layman's terms, the steps one must follow to go through the city's development process, and a graphic and written summary of various planning concepts and city development objectives.

Was awarded Employee of the Month for the City Department of Community Development in 1987 and Employee of the Year for the Department in 1993.

Planner for City of Boulder, Colorado from 1996 till mid-1997

Growth Management Specialist for Boulder.

In charge of implementing two highly controversial and unique rate control ordinances-both residential and commercial rate control.

  Ran the 34^th Annual New York City Marathon on November 2, 2003.

  Author of the book "Road to Ruin," published by Praeger Publishers in October 2003.

Hobbies: Bicycling, hiking, photography, snorkeling, scuba diving (advanced certification), canoeing, camping, kayaking, whitewater rafting, skiing, reading, dancing, cooking, writing, volleyball, in-line skating, planting trees.

Selected Published Articles

Nozzi, D. "Fighting the Correct Battle." The Gainesville Sun, 2 February, 2002.

Nozzi, D. "Growth, Sprawl Not Always Connected." The Gainesville Sun, 30 September 2002.

Nozzi, D. "Fighting the Correct Battle." The Town Paper [Gaithersburg, MD], August/September 2001, 11-12.

Nozzi, D. "School Needed for Duckpond." The Gainesville Sun, 15 July, 2001.

Nozzi, D. "Disadvantages of Living in a Public Safety Bubble." The Gainesville Sun, 23 April 2000.

Nozzi, D. "Leverage and No Growthers." The Town Paper [Gaithersburg, MD], March/April 2000, 2-3.

Nozzi, D. "Transportation: A New Paradigm for the 21^st Century." The Gainesville Sun, 30 May 1999.

Nozzi, D. "A Decade of Growth and Change in Alachua County." Booklet. Gainesville: Friends of Alachua County (Florida). June 1993.

Thrall, G., Swanson, B. and Nozzi, D. "Greenspace Acquisition and Ranking Program (GARP)." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 12, 161-184. 1989.

"Road to Ruin" Presentations

• Suwannee-St Johns (FL) Chapter Sierra Club, October 7, 1999.
• Citizens Advisory Committee (Gainesville FL Metro Transport Planning), March 7, 2000.
• City Plan Board (Gainesville FL), February 24, 2000.
• Millhopper Library Public Workshop (Gainesville FL), May 23, 2000.
• NE Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL), June 1, 2000.
• Westside Park Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL), June 21, 2000.
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (Gainesville FL), June 27, 2000.
• TB McPherson Recreation Center Public Workshop (Gainesville FL), July 12, 2000.
• Florida Planning and Zoning Association Annual Conference, October 26, 2000.
• 4-6 Urban Design/Transportation/Planning classes, University of Florida, 1997-2001.
• Gainesville City Commission, January 16, 2001.
• Gainesville Regional Utilities Multi-Purpose Room Public Workshop, August 22, 2001.
• Smart Growth Coalition, Webber Center at Central FL CC, Ocala FL, September 16, 2001.
• Smart Growth Coalition, Silver Springs Shores, Ocala FL, January 20, 2002.
• Volusia County FL Public Workshop, April 20, 2002.
• Port St Lucie Audubon Society, July 20, 2002.
• Gainesville FL Kiwanis Club, July 30, 2002.
• Florida Sierra Club Annual Conference, Ocala FL, November 9, 2002.
• Imagine Manatee County, Bradenton/Sarasota FL, January 11, 2003.
• Gainesville FL chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons, October 6, 2003.
• Goering's Books, Gainesville FL, October 22, 2003.
• Community Design Center, Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville FL, February 7, 2004.
• Northeast Florida Chapter Sierra Club, Lakewood Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville FL, February 9, 2004
• Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida, March 4, 2004.
• Commonspace, St Louis MO, March 13, 2004.
• The Ethical Society, St Louis MO, March 14, 2004.
• Urban Planning Class, St Louis University, St Louis MO, March 15, 2004.
• Alternatives to Sprawl conference, Keynote Presentation, Boulder CO, March 20, 2004.
• Suncoast Chapter of the Florida American Planning Association, Ybor City FL, April 13, 2004.
• Citizens Advisory Committee of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, Tampa FL, April 14, 2004.
• Central Florida Sierra Club, Leu Gardens, Orlando FL, April 21, 2004.
•  City of Asheville Planning Department, City Hall, Asheville NC, June 24, 2004.
• Western North Carolina Sierra Club, Unitarian Church, Asheville NC, June 24, 2004
• Winston-Salem Neighborhood Alliance, Wake Forest University Law School, Winston-Salem NC, June 25, 2004.
• Evansville Preservation Alliance, First Presbyterian Church, Evansville IN, July 9, 2004.
• Evansville Preservation Alliance, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, Evansville IN, July 10, 2004.
• Tampa-Hillsborough County FL Metro Planning Organization, County Center Bldg, Tampa FL, August 3, 2004.
• Meadowview Conference Center, Kingsport TN, October 1, 2004.
• Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida, October 20, 2004.
• Environmental Summit, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville FL, November 20, 2004.
• Dr. Connerly's Urban Planning class, Florida State University, Tallahassee. January 11, 2005.
• Dr. Najafi's Engineering class, University of Florida, February 17, 2005.
• Public Policy Institute, Central Florida Community College, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala FL, April 13, 2005.
• Ecology Action Center, Halifax Nova Scotia, July 11, 2005.
• Glatting Jackson Urban Design Consulting, Orlando FL, November 3, 2005.
• Rally for the Rivers Conference, FL Defenders, Palatka FL, February 17, 2006.
• ProBike/ProWalk Florida Conference, Orlando FL, August 28-29, 2007.

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