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Principal and Owner
Citythinkers, Inc.
San Diego, California, United States
Diego Velasco is Principal and Founder of Citythinkers, an integrated and multi-disciplinary planning and urban design firm based in San Diego, California. With 22 years of experience in both urban planning and architecture, he maintains a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to that makes him versatile and diverse in his skills. His planning work ranges in scale and scope from Master Planned Communities to General Plans, Community Plans, Zoning Codes, Streetscape Design, Design Guidelines and Community Outreach. His work in architecture focuses on urban, infill housing and mixed-use.
Diego is involved in his community as Incoming Section Director for the APA San Diego Chapter, a member of the Management Committee of ULI San Diego/ Tijuana, a past mentor in the ULI - Young Leaders Partnership Forum, and a member of Lambda Alpha International. He was President of C-3 (Citizens Coordinate for Century Three) in 2014, was elected to the Centre City Advisory Committee from 2009 to 2010, a panel member of the Move San Diego Alliance and a speaker at National and local APA and ULI events. He teaches undergraduate city planning, urban design, and architecture studio courses at the University of California, San Diego and the University of San Diego.