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Michael S. Davidson Compendium of written and published works, committee participation, and professional engagement

1997 – Present

Production & Editor

Campaign for Sensible Growth, International Council of Shopping Centers, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and Metropolitan Planning Council. (2007). Retail 1-2-3: A Workbook for Local Officials and Community Leaders. Chicago, IL: Joseph McElroy and Josh Ellis. <http://www.icsc.org/srch/government/briefs/201002_retail123.pdf >.

Campaign for Sensible Growth and Urban Land Institute – Chicago District Council Technical Assistance Panel Report. (2007). Industrial Renaissance: Establishing a Creative Industries District, Cermak Road, Chicago. Chicago, IL. <http://www.metroplanning.org/multimedia/publication/302>.

Campaign for Sensible Growth and Urban Land Institute – Chicago District Council Technical Assistance Panel Report. (2006). Building Connections to Revitalize the East Side and Hill Communities: Chicago Heights, Illinois. Chicago, IL. <http://www.metroplanning.org/uploads/cms/documents/TAP_ChicagoHeights.pdf>.

Campaign for Sensible Growth, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and Metropolitan Planning Council. (2006). Planning 1-2-3: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Writing a Comprehensive Plan in Illinois. Chicago, IL: Stuart Meck. <http://www.metroplanning.org/multimedia/publication/306>. ** Received top honors at the Publicity Club of Chicago’s annual Golden Trumpet Awards, for excellence in brochures, booklets or books.

Campaign for Sensible Growth and Urban Land Institute – Chicago District Council Technical Assistance Panel Report. (2006). Remaking an Historic Corridor: Archer Avenue/Bridgeport. Chicago, IL. <http://www.metroplanning.org/uploads/cms/documents/TAP_archeravenue.pdf>

Author

Reports

Chicago Community Trust (2012). Davidson, Michael. A Sustainable Future: the Confluence of Architecture & Ecology in Chicago. <https://www.box.net/s/lc1tf67z7ny19dkjcn2f>

Chicago Community Trust. (2010). Davidson, Michael. An Agenda on Smart Growth and Livable Communities: Strategic Assessment.

Davidson, Michael, and Fay Dolnick, editors. 2004. A Planners Dictionary, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 521/522. Chicago: American Planning Association.

Davidson, Michael, and Fay Dolnick, editors. 2002. Parking Standards, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 510/511. Chicago: American Planning Association.

Davidson, Michael, and Fay Dolnick, editors. 1999. A Glossary of Zoning, Development, and Planning Terms, Planning Advisory Service Report No. 491/492. Chicago: American Planning Association.

Books

Davidson, Michael, Joseph P. Schwieterman and Martin E. Toth. 2001. “Perspectives on Municipal Oversight of Home-Based Businesses.” In Shaping Contemporary Suburbia: Perspectives on Development Control in Metropolitan Chicago, edited by Joseph P. Schwieterman and Martin E. Toth. Law Bulletin Publishing, pp. 111–180.

Legislation

The Green Neighborhood Award Grant Act of 2007, SB0135. Public Act 095-0325. <http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0325>.

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Articles

2013, “Zone Green,” Planning, April. (in press)

2013, “Planning a Complex Region,” Planning, April. (in press)

2013, “Cincinnati’s Riverfront Renaissance,” Planning, April. (in press)

2013, “Regional Planning Authority‒Without Authority,” Planning, April. (in press)

2012, “Thirty Great Places in America,” Planning, December.

2012, “Staying Green—and in Character,” Planning, April.

2012, “Cool Planning is Good Planning,” Planning, April.

2004, “Lapham Park Venture, Milwaukee,” Planning, April, 18.

2003, “Southside Area Development Plan, Greensboro,” Planning, March, 8–9.

2002, “Taming the Beast: A Feisty Politician Brings Traffic Calming to the North Side of Chicago.” Planning, October, 16–21.

2002, “The Two Faces of Gentrification: Can Zoning Help?” Zoning News, June.

2001, “The Art of Entertainment Districts,” Zoning News, June.

2001, “Virtually Inevitable: The Online Community,” The Commissioner, Spring.

2000, “This House is an Office: Residential-Office Districts,” Zoning News, October.

2000, “On the Firing Line: Zoning for Gun-Related Uses,” Zoning News, February.

1999, “Zoning and Development Definitions for the Next Century,” Zoning News, August.

1998, “Centripetal Forces: Town Centers are Back,” Zoning News, October.

1998, “The Roads to be Traveled: Planning and Preserving Transportation Corridors,” PAS Memo, July.

1998, “New Life for Old Waterfronts,” Zoning News, February.

1997, “Smaller Ports Face a Growing Dilemma,” Seaway Review, 25, no.3 (January–March): 45–48.

Misc.

Campaign for Sensible Growth. (2008). A History of Success: The Campaign for Sensible Growth. Chicago, IL: Michael Davidson. <http://www.metroplanning.org/news-events/article/5662>.

Committee Participation

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning − Land Use Committee. (2010). GOTO 2040 comprehensive regional plan. Chicago, IL.

Metropolitan Planning Council and Urban Land Institute – Chicago District Council Technical Assistance Panel Report. (2008). Discover Asia on Argyle, Argyle Street, Chicago. Chicago, IL. <http://www.metroplanning.org/uploads/cms/documents/argylefinal.pdf>

U.S. EPA Region 5, Delta Institute, Northeast-Midwest Institute. (2008). Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: Principles and action projects to promote widespread adoption of green development practices. Chicago, IL. <http://www.nemw.org/images/stories/documents/removingmarketbarriers2greendevreport.pdf>.

Metropolitan Planning Council Community Building Initiative. (2006). Blue Island Reaches Next Crossroads. Chicago, IL. <http://www.metroplanning.org/uploads/cms/documents/BlueIslandrpt.pdf>.

Membership & Engagement

American Planning Association, current

American Planning Association – Illinois chapter, current

American Planning Association − Sustainable Communities Division, current (founding member)

Prairie State Local Government Sustainability Network, current (founder)

Heartland Local Government Sustainability Network, 2010 – 2011

North Star Local Government Sustainability Network, 2010 – 2011 (founder)

RE-AMP network of Midwestern climate change and energy policy leaders, 2010 − 2011

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Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards Committee, 2006, 2007

Urban Land Institute national, 2006 − 2008

Urban Land Institute – Chicago District Council, public policy committee, 2006 − 2008

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, land-use committee, 2006 − 2008

Smart Growth America coalition, 2006 − 2008