ULI begins building support for new schools program.The Urban Land Institute's New York District Council is planning a June fundraiser to build support for an innovative real estate program that gives New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. high school students the chance to learn what it takes to redevelop a neighborhood. The nonprofit organization is looking to gain increased financial and volunteer support to expand the program to additional high schools. Known as UrbanPlan, the program teaches high school juniors and seniors about land use planning
Land use planning is the term used for a branch of public policy which encompasses various disciplines which seek to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient and ethical way. and real estate development. Students are exposed to the myriad political, economic, financial, social and environmental issues involved with development and redevelopment, explained Merrie S. Frankel, vice president and senior credit officer at Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm. Moody's Investors Service A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers. in New York and vice chair of the ULI ULI Underwriters Laboratories Inc. ULI Urban Land Institute ULI Universitärer Lehrverbund Informatik ULI Universal Life Insurance ULI Ultra-Light Inflatable ULI University/Laboratory Initiative (Office of Naval Research) New York District Council. ULI New York will honor Frankel for her efforts promoting UrbanPlan in New York City at the fundraiser, which will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2 at the Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd Street in Manhattan. Frankel will receive her award from Leslie Koch, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Fund for Public Schools. Urban Land Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research and education organization that focuses on development and land use issues. It developed UrbanPlan approximately a decade ago and gradually introduced it to school districts nationwide. The program came to New York City three years ago. UrbanPlan has educated students at several public high schools, including Stuyvesant High School Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. The school opened in 1904 on Manhattan's East Side and moved to a new building in Battery Park City in 1992. , Bronx Science, Murray Bergtraum and High School of Telecommunications. For the 2004-2005 academic year, over 20 classes of students have participated or are participating in UrbanPlan. |
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