Jim Durret, an Atlanta native and Executive Director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District (CID), directs all activities of the CID and was recently named the President of the Buckhead Coalition. He has been promoting smart growth development and livable communities since 1996, when he left his hydrogeology practice and went to work at the Georgia Conservancy. From there, his career took him to the Metro Atlanta Chamber, where he was VP of Environmental Affairs; to the Urban Land Institute (ULI), where he was Founding Executive Director of ULI Atlanta; and to the Livable Communities Coalition, where he was Founding Executive Director. Jim serves on several boards, including MARTA, the HUB404 Conservancy and the Biophilic Institute, and is the current Chair of ULI’s Responsible Product Investment Council and a member of ULI’s Health Leaders Network.
Jim will share with summit attendees the application of smart growth principles and concepts of livable communities to advance public health and how none of this is possible without the collaboration of both industry and public health.
