SAMUEL G. ABRAMS

Orlando, Florida *****

407-***-****

ad2l0w@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Highly motivated professional with extensive training and wide ranging experience.

Excellent skills in analysis, writing and verbal communication. Quick learner, responsible and honest. Will relocate anywhere in Florida, Available immediately.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Land use planning and zoning

Environmental planning

Energy planning

Urban design

Commercial property appraisals

GIS

Analyze, explain and write regulations

Advanced population projection techniques

MS Office

Public presentation

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

●Writing recent articles on the effects of changing technology on land use including electric vehicles, solar, education, affordable housing, climate change and resilience

●25% average reduction in value commercial property tax challenges

●Revised and simplified zoning code, brought it into conformance with the City of Hollywood master plan

●Designed and wrote safe neighborhood plan

●Wrote master’s thesis on residential development regulations for energy conservation and generation

●Wrote senior thesis analyzing the then new NEPA regulations

●Researched and wrote major portions of the EIS of the East Brunswick NJ master development plan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Commercial real estate consulting, appraisals and research

Wrote and obtained variances and permits for commercial properties

Wrote housing, historic preservation and Port Everglades sections of the City of Hollywood master plan

Reviewed building and site plans and occupational licenses for zoning compliance

Analyzed variances, rezoning and land use changes and made recommendations at public hearings

Supervised 3 GIS technicians, used system myself (Accumap based on AutoCAD 10)

Office manager and bookkeeper at Malor Realty

Constructed scale models for architects, lawyers (95% success rate) and museum displays

WORK EXPERIENCE

Realtor/commercial and residential appraiser/researcher, Flynn Realty, Investment Realty,

Malor Realty, Hollywood, FL 1992-1995

City Planner 1, City of Hollywood, Florida 1989-1992

Planning Technician, Hillsborough County City County Planning Commission, Tampa, FL 1986-1989

Scale Model Builder, Panoramic Studios, Philadelphia, PA, 1982-1986

EDUCATION

Recent courses in Entrepreneurship and marketing, Business values and Bookkeeping 2018-2019

Graduate studies in Land Use and Energy planning, Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill 1979-1981

B.A. Urban planning, Environmental planning and Urban design, Rutgers Univ. New Brunswick NJ 1979

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