Development Planning & Financing Group, Inc., Managing Principal Lucy Gallo A Featured Speaker At The Kimley-Horn And Associates Leadership Symposium

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA, April 30, 2011 (Press-News.org) Kimley-Horn and Associates hosted a Leadership Symposium for public and private stakeholders impacted by the largest highway project in North Carolina history. The 540/Triangle Expressway Extension, currently under construction, will be the first modern toll road in North Carolina. The invitation-only audience participated in a series of five themes: Livability, Transportation Mobility, Greenprint, Economic Vitality, and Regional Collaboration.

DPFG Managing Principal, Lucy Gallo, facilitated the Economic Vitality session and led a discussion on critical factors shaping the financial success of development in this region.

About Lucy Gallo
Lucy is the Managing Principal of the Research Triangle, North Carolina office of DPFG, Inc., where she provides fiscal and economic impact analysis, real estate market analysis, cost/benefit modeling and public infrastructure finance (impact fees, tax increment financing, and special assessment districts) advisory services for urban development, redevelopment and comprehensive planning projects. With significant experience in community revitalization initiatives, Lucy has acted as a lead fiscal consultant for numerous large-scale economic development and public/private partnership engagements throughout the Southeast.

Prior to joining DPFG, Lucy served as an Associate Vice President at AECOM Economics (formerly Economics Research Associates) an international consulting group providing research, applied economic analysis, and strategic planning services to a wide range of clients. While at AECOM, Lucy helped create economic and policy framework for urban plans and redevelopment projects, real estate development initiatives, and growth and economic-development strategies.

In the course of her career, Lucy has assisted a diverse cross-section of communities, ranging from small towns and rural counties to large urban cities, with fiscal and economic analyses to evaluate important land-use planning initiatives. Regardless of the community's size, the goal of each engagement has been to address pertinent issues and concerns regarding long-term fiscal sustainability.

Lucy often collaborates with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill City and Regional Planning Department and the UNC School of Government on fiscal and economic impact related research, projects and publications.

Affiliations: Government Finance Officers Association, Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Growth and Infrastructure Consortium and National Impact Fee Roundtable.