Author: Max Franklin Taffet

My hometown is Boulder, Colorado. Though it's small with a population of just 100k, isolated smack in the middle of the United States, I think it's a pretty good spot. We've got the Rocky Mountains out our back door and 300 plus days of sunshine a year. At other moments I've resided in Boston,MA; Vancouver, Canada; Graz, Austria; and La Esperanza, Honduras. Now, home is Ithaca/NYC. After nearly three years learning about the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors as a researcher for a community foundation, in Fall 2012 I started graduate school for a Master's of Regional Planning at Cornell University. My current interests within the field of planning are land-use, economic development, and real estate. Particular passions are navigating constituencies and complex regulations, and the process of creating infill development. Fall of 2013, I'm based at Cornell's Architecture, Art, and Planning Studio in NYC. While here I am taking 15 credits of course hours and interning with New York City Economic Development Corporation. My projected graduation is spring 2014.