Ben Hitchings
Principal at Green Heron Planning
- Role
- Fellow, Adjunct Faculty Member at Unc School Of Government
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ben Hitchings
Ben Hitchings, FAICP, is the Principal of Green Heron Planning and a Fellow at the UNC…
Experience
Fellow, Adjunct Faculty Member
Jan 2020 — Present · Chapel Hill, NC, US
Provides guidance and training to planners across North Carolina on community planning issues.* Conducts research and writing on planning topics.* Helped develop and deliver multi-media training program composed of publications, workshops, and customized technical assistance for N.C. local governments to meet requirements of updated N.C. planning statutes.* In 2021, SOG won outstanding planning award from N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-NC) for this work.* Co-authored Managing Disruption in a Rapidly Changing World: A Briefing Book for Decision-Makers in North Carolina (2024) to help communities inject more of a future focus in their daily operations.* Co-authored a Handbook for Historic Resilience Community Planning: Protecting North Carolina’s History, Culture, and Economy from Natural Hazards (2023) to help communities identify and protect vulnerable historic resources from flooding and hurricanes. This document was part of a project that won SOG’s 2024 Outstanding Collaboration Award.* Co-authored PlanNC Guidebook: A Practitioner\'s Guide to Preparing Streamlined Community Plans (2021) to help smaller and lower-resourced communities prepare efficient and impactful community plans.* Co-authored SOG Chapter 160D Guidance Document Series to help local governments comply with updated N.C. planning statutes (2020).
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Masters in City and Regional Planning, Land Use and Environmental Planning
1995 — 1997
Amherst College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History and French
1986 — 1990
Skills
- Personnel Management
- Environmental Planning
- Project Management
- General Public
- Transportation Planning
- Community Development
- Historic Preservation
- Leadership
- Land Use Planning
- Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- Public Involvement
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