Geoff Green, AICP

Developing plans and codes that help communities become more sustainable, accessible, and equitable

Geoff is a Principal in Clarion’s Chapel Hill office. For his entire planning career, Geoff has focused on helping communities create more sustainable communities by combining judicious public investment with comprehensive land-use planning processes and well-crafted regulations. Previously, Geoff worked as a senior planner for a regional transit agency in a variety of roles all of which were focused on making sure that investments in transit service were backed up by supportive land-use planning. Since joining Clarion, Geoff has helped draft development regulations for communities up and down the east coast from Florida north to Virginia, as well as Colorado, and has worked on a variety of comprehensive plans and impact fee projects throughout the country. Geoff has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Duke University, a law degree from New York University School of Law, and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Contact Geoff at ggreen@clarionassociates.com.

• How has your understanding of critical planning issues affected one of your lifestyle choices?: So many communities are designed in a way that driving a car is the only reasonable way to get anywhere, a setup that has significant climate change and public health consequences. Therefore, my wife and I chose to live in a small house in a walkable neighborhood close enough to employment areas that we can access our jobs by bike or transit (or even by walking if we’re feeling really ambitious).
• Preferred mode of transportation: Electric Bike
• How to know you’re a Planning Nerd:  Authentic strip map from a scrapped MBTA (Boston) trolley hanging on my wall next to a London Underground replica sign that says “Way Out”