Rocco Ferraro "How Accessing & Understanding Regional Planning Data can Provide Opportunities for Consultants"

"How Accessing and Understanding Regional Planning Data can Provide Opportunities for Consultants"

Rocco Ferraro, Executive Director, Capital Region Planning Commission

Information is power and the ability to access, understand, and process data provides a critical link in the evaluation of options and opportunities as part of the decision making process.

Rocco Ferraro, Executive Director of the Capital District Regional Planning Commission will discuss how accessing and understanding regional planning data can provide opportunities for consultants.
 
The presentation will include a population profile of the Capital Region and the changing demographics presently underway and projected to occur in the future.  He will also briefly outline the results of a study by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission that evaluated the fiscal impacts of alternative growth futures for the Capital Region.

Rocco Ferraro, AICP has been the Executive Director of the Capital District Regional Planning Commission since 2003.  Established in 1967 by joint agreement among Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties, CDRPC serves as a regional planning and resource center to promote intergovernmental cooperation and initiatives among governmental, non-profit, and private sector interests in the Capital Region. 

Upon receiving his Master of City & Regional Planning from Ohio State University, Mr. Ferraro began his professional career in Ohio before locating to the Capital Region in 1985.  He has over 30 years of planning experience ranging from neighborhood to regional planning in both the public and private sector.  He has been responsible for the preparation and/or supervision of a number of reports including comprehensive plans, growth management strategies, fiscal impact analyses, housing affordability studies, groundwater protection and water quality management activities, population and employment projections, and socio-economic profiles.  He is also a frequent speaker to organizations throughout the Capital Region providing insight and analysis on a variety of planning related topics of regional interest.

Since 1997, Mr. Ferraro has been an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning at the University at Albany, State University of New York.  He also serves on a number of local and regional boards and advisory groups throughout the Capital Region.

Members pay $15; Late Registrants & Non-Members $20.  A business dress code and reservations are required.  Online payment is preferred.