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 34th 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 21st 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

 

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