Principal
Green Heron Planning
Durham, North Carolina
Ben Hitchings, FAICP, CZO, is the Principal of Green Heron Planning, LLC and a member of the APA Board of Directors. He is a Past President of the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-NC) and a Fellow at the UNC School of Government. Ben has 30 years of experience working on planning issues. He is the former Planning Director for the Town of Chapel Hill and the Town of Morrisville, N.C., and has managed and developed award-winning plans at the local and regional level. He is a co-author of the APA PAS Report titled Smart Cities: Integrating Technology, Community, and Nature (2021), and the Triangle Trends Report: Tracking Disruption (2022) published by the Triangle J Council of Governments. In his planning practice, he focuses on emerging issues, innovative plans and codes, and catalyzing effective plan implementation.
Monday, April 3, 2023
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT