Center for Building Better Communities
The Center for Building Better Communities is dedicated to building the planning and growth management capacity of Florida’s local governments. The CBBC is a response to the increasingly challenging growth management and community development issues facing Florida communities and to the emerging concepts of sustainable development, smart growth and livable communities.
The mission of the CBBC is to promote balanced growth and development through education, innovative research and services within a collaborative environment.
The Center for Building Better Communities provides resources and programs to help planning practitioners develop sustainable, healthy and well structured cities. The CBBC combines the expertise of faculty and seasoned professionals with the work of graduate students for projects across Florida.
Community Matters is a collaboration between the IFAS Extension and the College of Design, Construction and Planning. The program provides training, applied research and technical assistance to Florida communities through the IFAS County Extension offices. Management of the program is the joint responsibility of the Center for Building Better Communities (CBBC) within the Department of Urban & Regional Planning and the Program for Resource Efficient Communities within IFAS.The Center is teaming with the UF/IFAS Extension to deliver continuing education for planning officials and professional planners throughout the state. For more information, go to http://www.buildgreen.ufl.edu/cecampus.htm
Programs
The Center is engaged in the following programs:
- Florida Planning Officials Training Program
- Schools Planning / Concurrency Management
- Best Planning Practices for Small Communities
- Economic Development
- Community Redevelopment
- Comprehensive Planning / Urban Design
- Sustainable Communities
- Energy Conservation
- Evidence-based Model Sign Code: The model sign code marks a collaborative effort between engineers, planners, architects, and business professionals from Texas A & M University, University of Florida, and the University of North Texas to prepare an innovative scheme for the regulation of on premise commerical signage. This code embraces the constitutional protections afforded to the regulation of commercial speech, as well as the best available data with respect to visibility and legability, among other variables. This code seeks to be performance based to maximize the ability of business enterprises to convey their messages to prospective customers.
Affiliated Faculty
Director, Center for Building Better Communities
Assistant Professor of Urban & Regional Planning
Joint Appointment with the Levin College of Law
Senior Fellow / Project Coordinator
Center for Building Better Communities
Adjunct Lecturer
Senior Fellow / Project Coordinator
Center for Building Better Communities
Adjunct Lecturer
Senior Fellow
Center for Building Better Communities
Senior Fellow
Center for Building Better Communities
Contact Information
Center for Building Better Communities
Department of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Florida
ARCH 431
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
352 392 0997 ext 425
