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About UrbanPlan

UrbanPlan is a simulation classroom exercise for high school students created by the Urban Land Institute. Students work in development teams to analyze and respond to a hypothetical "Request for Proposal" for the redevelopment of a specific urban area. Development teams compete to secure the rights from a fictitious city council made up of UrbanPlan volunteers. During the annual awards ceremony, the winning team is announced and presented with scholarships towards their college education.

Over the course of the exercise, local land use professionals interact with the students on a regular basis. As "facilitators" in the classroom, they challenge the students to think more critically about the UrbanPlan issues and the specific responsibilities of the students assigned roles as finance directors, marketing directors, city liaisons, neighborhood liasions, and site planners.

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Upcoming Dates

• UrbanPlan Team Proposals are due
  May 22, 2008
• Preliminary Judging at schools
  May 28 & 29, 2008
• Finals at the Los Angeles County Chambers
  June 4, 2008
• Closing Ceremony at the Alhambra
  June 11, 2008
  

For more information about the program, including ways to get involved, please see the UrbanPlan Committee.

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