Dan Zack, Urban Planner and Consultant

March 30, 2022 01:20:40
Dan Zack, Urban Planner and Consultant
Fresno's Best
Dan Zack, Urban Planner and Consultant

Mar 30 2022 | 01:20:40

/

Show Notes

Today we have Dan Zack on the show. Dan is an urban planner in Fresno California. In 2022 he founded Zack Urban Solutions, a consulting firm which offers a wide variety of urban planning services to cities, non-profits, and developers who want proven, practical approaches to creating walkable, fun, and inclusive places. Prior to that, he spent 23 years in local government working on downtown revitalization, streetscape projects, parking management, zoning and form-based codes, long-range plans, housing plans, and development entitlements. He spent 7 1/2 years with the City of Fresno: For the last year of that he was the Assistant Director of Economic Development and was focused on bringing housing to Downtown Fresno; for the remainder of his time there he was Assistant Director of the Planning and Development Department. His previous work was in Northern California; as the Downtown Development Manager for the City of Redwood City in the San Francisco Bay Area he attracted the development of 2,500 homes in an area that had stagnated for decades, but which is now one of the most active downtowns in the Silicon Valley.

Zack Urban Solutions Website

Books Mentioned

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Places Better by Jeff Speck 

When Fresno Rode the Rails by Edward Hamm 

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

Survival of the City: The Future of Urban Life in an Age of Isolation by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler

 

Other Episodes

Episode

January 30, 2023 00:58:23
Episode Cover

Ethan Chatagnier, Author of Singer Distance

Today, we have Ethan Chatagnier on the show today. He is the author of SINGER DISTANCE, the novel that came out in the fall...

Listen

Episode

December 11, 2024 00:51:39
Episode Cover

Daniel Gonzalez, Senior Program Coordinator at the Youth Leadership Institute

Today, we have Daniel Gonzalez on the show. Daniel is a Central Valley native originally living in the rural community of Easton on the...

Listen

Episode

April 29, 2025 00:56:29
Episode Cover

Dustin Hail and Matt Denson, Burning Sun Brewing Company

 Today we have another edition of our brewery tour through Fresno and Clovis, and we are going to meet Dustin Hale and Matt Denson,...

Listen