Comments Expressed by
Comments Expressed by"We heard great things about your ideas and presentation, and you more than met our expectations."
David Goudy, Montshire Museum of Science, Hanover, NH
"Thanks so much for an absolutely wonderful presentation. It was exceptionally well-suited to our audience of Placer and El Dorado County officials."
Judy Corbett, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, CA
"I learned a lot in the short time you had with us (yes, you 'touched a life'). I now look forward to spreading the good word as I go around the Commonwealth."
Leighton Powell, Scenic Virginia, Richmond, VA
"There were nothing but rave reviews of your presentation."
Hank Metcalf, Planning Board Chair, Orono, ME
"It was quite amazing to see such a diverse group of people all smiling at the end of your presentation. The reception to your talk has stirred the hope we can find common ground among groups with diverse interests."
Mary Schneidewind, Association for Intelligent Rural Management, New Paltz, NY
"The praise and accolades are still coming in.... It was a truly exceptional experience."
Dana Beach, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC
"Thank you for such an excellent presentation. Many people expressed to me with great enthusiasm how stimulating your talk was. Your presentation was informative, provocative, and right on target about how conventional zoning is blind to the preservation of land."
Michael Pessolano, Town Planner, Harwich, MA
"The local newspapers and e-mail have been buzzing ever since your inspired commentary. Thank you for being such a key contributor to the success of our gathering in Coeur d'Alene."
Prof. Wendy McClure, Dept. of Architecture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
"Thank you so much for your contribution to the Your Town workshop -- and what a contribution it was! We witnessed a remarkable difference in the workshop participants after your presentation."
Lisa Vogel, University of Georgia School of Environmental Design, Athens, GA
"The response to your workshop has been phenomenal. One planning commissioner actually rewrote his township zoning ordinance as a result."
John Koches, Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
"Thank you so much for your wonderful, evocative, excellent presentation at our conference. The audience was stunned and excited. You planted all kinds of wonderful idea seeds. I've organized a lot of workshops over the years and I can't remember another one that had such an immediate, positive impact."
Lyn White, Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee, South Easton, MA
"Your visit with us served as a vital catalyst in the reformulation of our master plan. You have launched us into a new planning orbit."
Richard Hull, Sugar Loaf Community Foundation, Sugar Loaf, NY
"Already I am receiving calls for a repeat performance. I shall try to fend them off till Spring, having seen your calendar myself."
Therese Landry, Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, Auburn, ME
"Given the continued positive response in the ensuing weeks, we can surely say that your visit was an unqualified success."
John McNall, Citizens Advisory Committee, Honeoye Falls, NY
"Thank you for last Saturday's workshop. It was magnificent. There was an incredible amount of listening, learning, and enthusiasm for all you were saying. I have never seen our people so responsive.""
Joan Manzelman, Northern Oneida County Council of Governments, New Hartford, NY
"The evening workshop was such a success that we are already seeing results. On Friday a developer came into our office and said: 'I want to redesign my subdivision using principles that Randall Arendt talked about at the lecture last night'."
Karen High, Jefferson County Dept. of Planning and Environmental Management, Louisville, KY
"I have had several people tell me that yours was the best program they have ever attended at a MMA convention".
William Livengood, Esq., Maine Municipal Association
"I was absolutely inspired by your presentation in Grand Rapids last Friday. I stayed up half the night on Sunday and wrote a new 'vision for our township'."
Stuart Cok, Algoma Township, Kent County, MI
"From the conference evaluations, your presentation was overwhelmingly selected as the portion of the program the members of the audience felt to be the most useful to them. I would be interested in learning how to obtain a copy of your video."
Ben Starrett, Florida Dept. of Community Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
"Your ideas will have a lasting impact on the town. Already one developer is proposing to devote part of a major project to an extremely creative cluster design."
Benjamin Frost, Town Planner, Kittery, ME
"On behalf of the Acton Planning Board I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your presentation of the conservation design concept at our Special Town Meeting. Your presentation was instrumental in getting the provisions passed."
Roland Bartl, Town Planner, Acton, MA
"Thanks for the inspiration, the materials, and for putting them in a format that makes it easy to bring directly into the classroom."
Prof. Elmina Hilsenrath, Landscape Architecture Program, University of Maryland