"Kim is an attorney and planner representing governmental and non-profit corporations. Her practice is focused on land use and historic preservation law, economic development, airport law, special districts, cemetery preservation and issues, and non-profit corporation law. She is a frequent writer and speaker on planning and land use law issues. …
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"Kim is an attorney and planner representing governmental and non-profit corporations. Her practice is focused on land use and historic preservation law, economic development, airport law, special districts, cemetery preservation and issues, and non-profit corporation law. She is a frequent writer and speaker on planning and land use law issues. Kim is actively practicing in Texas and is on inactive status in Illinois.
Kim is an honors graduate of the Plan II program at The University of Texas, as well as The University of Texas School of Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She studied municipal and historic preservation practices in Krakow, Poland, and also studied in Germany and the former Yugoslavia.
Kim is a member of the Texas Bar Association and Chair of the Government Lawyer's Section, the Houston Bar Association, the Texas City Attorney’s Association, the American Planning Association, and the American Institute of Certified Planners. She is a past president of APATX and is the Editor of Texas APA’s book, A Guide to Urban Planning in Texas Communities, which is undergoing a revision to address the legislative changes. Kim was elected to the AICP Commission, Region 3 in 2019.
Kim is an Adjunct Professor at Texas Southern University, Master's Program in Urban Planning. She has previously served as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Masters in Urban Planning Program in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, College Station. Kim teaches courses in Participatory Planning, Plan Implementation, and Planning Law."
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Chance Sparks is an award-winning urban planner and group manager for the Freese and Nichols Urban Planning + Design Group, and Past President of APATX. With a 20-year career in local government and consulting, he is experienced in local government planning and implementation, city management, public participation and involvement, process …
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Chance Sparks is an award-winning urban planner and group manager for the Freese and Nichols Urban Planning + Design Group, and Past President of APATX. With a 20-year career in local government and consulting, he is experienced in local government planning and implementation, city management, public participation and involvement, process development and management, demographic analysis, economic development and finance, comprehensive and strategic planning, parks-related planning and tourism, neighborhood planning, downtown and corridor planning, project management, development regulations, visioning, historic preservation, annexation/growth policy development and analysis, graphic presentation, urban design, capital and operations budgeting and development analysis. His extensive experience in municipal and state-level planning, coupled with experience in city management and operations, give him exceptional insight into community needs and capacity as someone who has carried plans beyond adoption and into reality.
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Skye Masson is the City Attorney at the City of Georgetown, where she has worked for the past 13 years. While with the City of Georgetown, she has served as the primary land use attorney working on development projects of all sizes in addition to assisting with airport development projects, …
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Skye Masson is the City Attorney at the City of Georgetown, where she has worked for the past 13 years. While with the City of Georgetown, she has served as the primary land use attorney working on development projects of all sizes in addition to assisting with airport development projects, economic development projects, and utility issues. She has also spoken on various land use topics including special districts, ETJ development agreements, single family condominium, and ZBA appeals. Prior to working for the City of Georgetown, she earned a B.A. in English and French from the University of Texas, an M.A. in English from Boston College and and a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas International Law Journal, and graduated with honors.
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