Ted Brovitz has over 20 years of experience and has spearheaded numerous community master plans, strategic area plans, economic development and marketing strategies, land use regulations and design guidelines throughout New England, Upstate New York, Florida, and in Idaho. His recent work primary focuses on community placemaking, village and neighborhood revitalization, sprawl repair and retrofit,
form-based and character-building zoning and design guildeines. As a consulting planner focusing on sustainable community planning and design, Ted has managed and been the primary author of several downtown and neighborhood center master plans including Turners Falls, Norwood, MA, West Concord, MA, Buzzards Bay, MA, Batavia, NY, Lyons, NY, Moscow, ID, St. Ted has also prepared several character-building and hybrid form-based codes which integrate and create strong relationships between building, open space and “Complete Street” design. Some examples include those villages mentioned above as well as the Merrick Neighborhood in West Springfield, MA, Broad Street Urban Renewal District in Manchester, CT, South Village Center in Sandwich, MA, Atkins Corner and North Amherst village centers in Amherst, MA., and the Route 7 corridor in Shelburne, VT. Prior to becoming a consultant, Ted served as the Director of Planning & Development for the Town of Brattleboro, Vermont; the Executive Director of the Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District; and Executive Director of Fitchburg By Design, Inc. In Hyannis, Ted served as director and spokesman for first small business improvement district (BID) in Massachusetts and was responsible for business development and marketing programs, and worked in collaboration with the Town of Barnstable on zoning revisions, parking and traffic circulation improvements, streetscape enhancements and street activation programs, marketing and business development, and Tactical Urbanism initiatives. As director and spokesman for Fitchburg By Design Inc., a non profit economic development corporation, Ted initiated and implemented multiple downtown redevelopment programs including a low-interest loan program, façade and sign improvement program, business retention and recruitment, and permitting assistance. He also managed two public parking garages, and fostered public-private partnerships between the City and Fitchburg State University on various redevelopment projects, zoning amendments, marketing programs, and Tactical Urbanism initiatives. Ted has a Masters of Environmental Management degree with a concentration in resource economics and policy from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from Rollins College. Ted obtained additional coursework in real estate finance at MIT and architecture at the Boston Architecture College as well as training in the National Main Street Program and SmartCode. He obtained his certification as a professional planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) in 1992. Ted is a frequent speaker on community planning, downtown revitalization, and innovative land use regulations and has led several workshops on these topics. He is actively involved in several professional organizations and currently serves as the Vice President of the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors (MAPD) and is a past executive board member of the Massachusetts Association of Consulting Planners (MACP). Ted is also an active member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, and National Main Street Program.
