What Is UrbanPlan?

UrbanPlan is a realistic, engaging exercise in which participants—high school students, university students, or public officials—learn the fundamental forces that affect development in our communities. Participants experience challenging issues, private and public sector roles, complex trade-offs, and fundamental economics in play when proposing realistic land use solutions to vexing growth challenges. ULI Triangle offers UrbanPlan for Universities and UrbanPlan for Public Officials. Click on each for additional information.

Volunteer with UrbanPlan to help shape the next generation.

UrbanPlan Volunteer Training will introduce you to the UrbanPlan program and your role and duties as a volunteer. This training has been designed to empower you with tools and techniques that you can use when interacting with program participants to assist in making their experience, and yours, enlightening, informative, challenging, and fun. You are not required to participate in an UrbanPlan workshop prior to becoming a volunteer, and you are not required to fully understand the nuances and intricacies of the RFP, design guidelines, community letters, etc. A workshop instructor will be on hand to answer technical questions related directly to the exercise. Your role is to challenge program participants to think critically, understand their assumptions, see different points of view, and test various tradeoffs.

Next Free Training Session – 2025

For more information on UrbanPlan for Universities click here.  For more information on UrbanPlan for Public Officials, click here.

For questions regarding the ULI Triangle UrbanPlan program please contact our UrbanPlan Chair, Jason Rivera or Blair Jernigan.

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