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65 <br />LA6t!®N ASSOCIATES <br />Clarion Associates is a national land-use consulting firm with offices in Denver and Port Collins, <br />Colorado; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and affiliate offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. <br />Our unusual combination of talents in land use and urban planning, design; land use law, and real <br />estate economics allows us to develop creative solutions to difficult land use and design questions. <br />Clarion is particularly known for ifs expertise in land use and plan implementation. Clarion Associates <br />has represented both private and public sector clients on a variety of land-use planning and zoning <br />matters. Its principals have written plans and drafted ordinances, regulations and design standards <br />throughout the United States. <br />Since ifs founding in 1992, the firm has developed expertise in a broad range of planning areas, <br />including: <br />• Community, regional; and neighborhood planning; <br />• Downtown and suburban zoning systems; <br />• Design standards and development regulations; <br />• Historic Preservation; <br />• Development Financing; <br />• Downtown plans and strategies; <br />• Growth Management strategies for cities and regions; <br />• Citizen participation strategies; and <br />• Implementation strategies. <br />Clarion is particularly known for our expertise in: <br />PLANNING AND ZONING <br />Clarion Associates has represented both private and public sector clients on a variety of land-use plans, <br />design guidelines and standards, and ordinances and regulations throughout the United Slates, with <br />particular emphasis on historic preservation, development financing, design standards, natural resource <br />protection, and both downtown and suburban zoning systems. <br />MARKET ANALYSIS <br />The members of Clarion Associates have diverse backgrounds in finance, economics, marketing, <br />planning, urban design, environmental studies, political science and land use law. With integration of <br />this combination of skills, we develop creative solutions to difficult real estate questions. Clarion <br />Associates has extensive experience in analyzing the market for every type of property-including <br />residential, office, industrial, major mixed-use developments, convention centers, large transportation <br />facilities, tourism complexes-in a variety of locations such as suburban sites, downtowns, lakefronts, and <br />rural areas. <br />DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS <br />Clarion specializes in advising public sector clients on the economics and fiscal impads of development <br />proposals, incentives needed to encourage development, and other aspects of project feasibility. We <br />have analyzed the economics of numerous types of real estate development in both urban and rural <br />contexts and the impacts of proposed plans and cost recovery systems on different forms of development. <br />E 6 A R 1 ® N <br />