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T. Abraham Lentner
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Education
UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois
2005
Masters in Urban Planning and Policy
Economic Development Specialization
UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois
2000
Bachelor of Arts in History with General Honors
DEEP
SPRINGS COLLEGE, Deep Springs, California
1997
Associate, Liberal Arts
Professional Experience, Chicago, IL 2011-present
President and Owner
Economic development and planning consulting firmEconometrics for local policy makersNuanced commercial corridor analyticsAction-oriented redevelopment planningFacilitating public-private partnerships, Illinois 2008-2011
Economic Development Director
Department director with 1.5 FTE direct reportsOversaw 13% increase in retail sales, 25% decrease in commercial vacancy during recessionManager of two Village-owned shopping centers (50,000 sf GLA total)Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District administrator for 5 TIF districts, responsible for budgeting, reporting requirements and JRB meetingsNegotiated successful TIF redevelopment agreements with private developersEstablished small business TIF program that supported fa ade renovation projectsDirected $300,000 rehabilitation, releasing and stabilization of Lakewood Plaza, which now generates surplus revenue for the VillageCo-Project Manager/Owners Representative for $3.7 million new community center construction project, completed on-time and under budgetWrote grant applications resulting in more than $80,000 in County Block Grant and foundation support of Village initiatives, University of Illinois at Chicago 2005-08
Assistant Director, 2007- 2008Developed new projects and fundingDirected self-funded community assistance programCoordinator of Technical Assistance Programs, 2005-2007
Project manager for 6 community planning and design assistance projectsResponsible for project development, outreach and drafting proposalsDeveloped over $100,000 in new funded community assistance projectsSupervised and trained project staff, Chicago, Illinois 2000-03
Building Services Supervisor, 2001-2003Managed operations and facility projects for multiple office, warehouse and technical facilities in ChicagoSupervised 4 full-time employeesManaged build-out of 30 seat call centerManaged close-out activities for 5 office facility closingsVolunteer Activities
Web Administrator,, Beverly Neighborhood Chicago, 2010
Executive Committee Member,, 2010
Professional Associations
American Planning Association 2004-11
Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association 2004-11
Illinois Development Council 2008-11
Illinois Tax Increment Association 2008-11
International Council of Shopping Centers 2008-11
Presentations and Conferences
Panel Moderator, Follow the Money Economic Incentives and Other Programs Illinois Real Estate Journal Business and Economic Development Conference Focus 2010, Tinley Park, IL, July 2010.
Practical Tools for Local Economic Development presentation for the Government Partnership for Economic Development s Small Business Forum, Chicago, IL, March 2010.
Using Participatory Games as Design Artifacts in
Community-Based Planning invited paper presenter as a part of panel session
Design and Govermentality: ethnographic approaches to civic designing and
the tangibility of governance, American Anthropological Association National
Conference, Washington D.C. November
2007.
Publications
"Crystal Lake Virginia Street Design
Guidelines" (contributor) City Design Center, 2008
"Palos Park Green Downtown Development Plan" (editor and co-author) City Design Center, 2008.
(editor
and co-author) City Design Center, April, 2008.
"Bryn Mawr Business District Workgroup Workshop Results" (author) March 2008.
(editor and co-author) City
Design Center, January 2008.
"" (co-author)
City Design Center, October 2007
"Resources, Tools, Programs and Strategies for Retail District Revitalization"(editor) City Design Center, May 2007
"East Garfield Park, Quality and Opportunity: a Retail and Urban Design Plan" (co-author) City Design Center,
February 2007
"" (contributor) Norwood Park Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, January 2007
Historic
Chicago Greystone Initiative Planning Phase Report (co-editor) City
Design Center, December 2005.
Burnham
Comprehensive Retail Plan (co-editor) City Design Center, December
2005.
Rogers
Park Comprehensive Retail Study (contributing author) City Design
Center, October 2005.
City
of Whiting, Indiana, Commercial Redevelopment Plan (contributing
author) City Design Center, August 2005.
Village
of Worth Comprehensive Retail Plan (contributor) City Design Center,
September 2004.Sponsored Research
"Palos Park Green Downtown Development Plan"
Village of Palos Park (2008), Principal Investigator
"Bryn Mawr Revitalization Sessions" Hollywood
North Park Community Association (2007), Principal Investigator
"Crystal Lake Virginia Street Design
Guidelines" City of Crystal Lake (2007),
Co-principal Investigator.
"East Garfield Park Retail Revitalization Plan
Implementation (ROADMAP 2007)" Garfield
Park Conservatory Alliance, Co-principal Investigator.
"Crystal Lake Historic Neighborhood Housing
Study" City of Crystal Lake (2007), Co-principal Investigator.
"Ford Heights, Industrial District Development
Plan" Cook County Department of Planning and Development, Village of Ford
Heights (2007). Co-principal Investigator.
Edgewater Red Line Corridors Revitalization
Study Edgewater Development Corporation
(2007). Co-principal
Investigator.
Northwest Highway Business Corridor Study
Norwood Park Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(2006-7). Co-principal
Investigator.
East Garfield Park Comprehensive Retail and
Urban Design Plan Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago, IL
(2006). Co-principal
Investigator.
Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative program
evaluation. Driehaus Foundation,
Chicago, IL (2005-10). Research Staff.
Whiting, Indiana, Commercial Redevelopment
Plan City of Whiting, IN (2004-5). Research Staff.Courses Taught
UPP 535: Urban Business
Districts Planning Spring 2010, Urban Planning and Policy Program, University
of Illinois at Chicago.
UPP 535: Urban Business
Districts Planning Spring 2009, Urban Planning and Policy Program, University
of Illinois at Chicago.
"UPP 535:
Revitalizing Urban Business Districts"
Spring 2008, Urban Planning and Policy
Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
"UPP 535:
Revitalizing Urban Business Districts"
Spring 2007, Urban Planning and Policy
Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
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