Community Builders Institute

NU’s Community Builders Institute (CBI) teaches the basics of advanced economic development and land use planning. The program’s primary goal is to raise the capacity of land-use decision makers across Connecticut, and demonstrate the value of life-long professional education. It targets professional economic developers and planners, volunteer land-use commissioners, elected officials and real estate professionals, and fosters an understanding of each other’s duties, goals and views.

The program has numerous partners across Connecticut and New England.

View the presentations from Thursday, October 29's session - Crash Course II -- Advanced Topics in Planning and Economic Development

• Understanding the Real Estate Development Process [PDF:414 KB]
• Planning for Commercial Development [PDF:9976 KB]

View the presentations from Wednesday, October 14's session - Small Town and Urban America -- How to Connect to Compete

• Acting Regionally [PDF:2590 KB] : Your Cure to the Crisis
• About Buildouts [PDF:12978 KB] : A Brief Guide to Buildout Analyses & Why We Should Care
• Best Practices in Buildout Analyses [PDF:19679 KB] : Case Studies

Save the following dates for 2009:

Tuesday, November 10th:
7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Investing in Growth
Location: Northeast Utilities Cafeteria East, Berlin

Go to cedas.org/calendar to register for any of the above sessions.

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