ULI Arizona program brings urban planning to the classroom

*Jim Belfiore, owner and president of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting, is one of the ULI Arizona members who lends his time to give UrbanPlan students feedback on their projects.*

By Jesse A. Millard | AZBigMedia

Learning the economics and intricacies of land development can be a dry topic for high school students, but the UrbanPlan curriculum at Tempe’s Desert Vista High School is engaging students by having them design their very own mixed-use development.

Teams of students are tasked with submitting a site plan for a request for proposal from a faux city council. These students have to consider the RFP, neighborhood demands, financial objectives, the site’s layout and economic winds of the time while they simulate a development team.

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January 4, 2018

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