Peter Pollock

Part-time fall 1997 and
spring 1998.

Photo by Doug Cogger.

Peter Pollock, AICP, is the director of the community planning division for the City of Boulder, Colorado, Department of Community Design, Planning and Development. Over the past sixteen years, Mr. Pollock has worked as both a current and long range planner with the City of Boulder. Among his current planning projects is the development review and implementation of Boulder's solar access ordinance. As a long range planner, he developed an environmental assessment process for City projects and a local wetland protection law. He was also Boulder's historic preservation officer for five years. Mr. Pollock has been most directly involved in growth management issues, including urban growth boundaries, development impact fees, Boulder's residential and nonresidential allocation systems, and a comprehensive rezoning of the City.

Mr. Pollock was manager of Boulder's 1993 Integrated Planning Project, a community visioning exercise, which received a National Planning Award from the American Planning Association and an Award for Smart Growth and Development from Governor Romer of Colorado.

Mr. Pollock began his career as the staff urban planner for the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado where he specialized in solar access protection, energy-conserving land use planning, and outreach to local communities.

As a Loeb Fellow, Mr. Pollock explored local government growth management systems and models of regional intergovernmental cooperation on issues of land use, transportation, and housing.