Gary Taylor JD

Professor, Community and Regional Planning
Extension Specialist, Community and Regional Planning

Education

BS, Marketing, Northwest Missouri State University
JD, University of Nebraska College of Law
MCRP, Iowa State University
AICP-certified since 2006

On the Web

http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/planningBLUZ

Supporting Files

• Full CV
• CV-Long Format (11/13/23)

Research Interests

Land-use law; state and local regulation of the development process; hazard mitigation planning and floodplain regulation; intergovernmental cooperation and contracting; the mediation of land-use disputes.

Current Projects

Currently updating the Iowa Land Use Planning Notebook (authored in 2007).

Current Scholarship

• IEDA site visit team, 11/13/2023

  Iowa Economic Development Authority Office of Rural Revitalization site visit team member for BOOST revitalization grants. 2023 – present.

• IEDA grant reviewer, 11/13/2023

  Iowa Economic Development Authority Office of Rural Revitalization grant reviewer for Housing Needs Assessment grants. 2019 – present.

• Governor's Empower Rural Iowa Taskforce, 11/13/2023

  Empower Rural Iowa Taskforce.  2018 – present - Governor-appointed taskforce that develops recommendations for the Governor prior to each legislative session to promote rural housing, rural businesses and entrepreneurs, recruitment and retention of rural leaders, and rural broadband connectivity. 

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  Iowa Rural Development Council, Executive Committee. February 2016 – 2023 - A council of 27 national and state public, private and non-profit organizations focused on the future of rural Iowa.

• Director, 11/13/2023

  Director, Design Extension and Associate Director, Institute of Design Research and Outreach, ISU College of Design, 2015 – 2022.

• Director, 11/13/2023

  Director, Community & Economic Development Program, ISU Extension and Outreach, 2015 – 2022.

• Book chapter, 11/13/2023

  Das, B. and G. Taylor. (forthcoming). "Using Outreach and Engagement to Strengthen Teaching and Research: A Collaborative Framework at Iowa State University," in Partners in Planning: University-Community Partnerships in Planning Education. Routledge Press.

• Introduction to Planning and Zoning for Local Officials. , 05/27/2011
  $15,500 in workshop registration fees from Spring 2011 workshops. (Approximately $76,000 in registration fees March 2005 – present). 
• Faculty Senator, 05/27/2011

  Iowa State University Faculty Senator, Fall 2010 – present.

              -College of Design Caucus Chair, Spring 2011 – present.
• North Central Cooperative Extension Association Metropolitan Food Systems Symposium., 05/27/2011
   $14,310. 2011. North Central Cooperative Extension Association . (PI, with Co-PI Alan Vandehaar). 
• Smart Planning for Small and Mid-Sized Communities, 05/27/2011
  $3,010.  American Planning Association (National). 2010. (Collaboration with APA-Iowa Chapter).
• College Liaison Council member, 05/27/2011
  College Liaison Council member Spring 2011 - present.
• Improving Public Participation in Hazard Mitigation Planning. , 05/27/2011
  Presented at the 2011 National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) Conference, March 9, 2011, Charleston, SC.
• When Urban Agriculture Meets the Michigan Right to Farm Act, the Pig’s in the Parlor. , 05/27/2011

  Norris, Patricia, Gary Taylor and Mark Wyckoff. (forthcoming). Michigan State University Law Review.

• Investigation of the Impact of Rural Development on Iowa’s Secondary Roads. , 05/27/2011
  Taylor, Gary, Chris Albrecht and Reg Soulyrette. 2010.  Ames, IA: Institute for Transportation.
• Metropolitan Food Systems Symposium, 05/27/2011
  North Central Cooperative Extension Association, May 11-12, 2011 in Kansas City, MO.  Facilitated retreat of 24 Extension directors and program leaders from 12-state north central extension region to discuss cooperative programming on metropolitan food systems. 
• Urban Extension Roundtable., 05/27/2011
  North Central Region Extension Directors retreat July 14, 2010 Minneapolis, MN.  Planned and facilitated retreat to discuss extension programming for urban communities.
• Smart Planning-related presentations, 05/27/2011
  -Iowa Municipal Professionals Academy, Ames, July 22, 2010.-Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference, Coralville, September 22, 2010.-Wallace Centers of Iowa Smart Communities series                 -Orient, October 13, 2010.                 -Mason City, October 18, 2010.                 -Ottumwa, November 3, 2010.                 -Perry, November 17, 2010.-Iowa Municipal Finance Officers, Des Moines, October 22, 2010.-Iowa State Association of Counties Annual Conference, Coralville, November 18, 2010.

  -Iowa Department of Economic Development (staff), Des Moines, December 13, 2010.

  -Iowa Department of Economic Development (workshop for communities receiving smart planning comprehensive planning grants), Des Moines, January 24, 2011.
• Iowa Planning and Zoning Law. , 05/27/2011
  One and one-half hour presentation, Iowa Municipal Attorneys Association New Attorney Institute, Johnston, Iowa, November 18, 2010. (30 participants).
• Planning Law Update. , 05/27/2011
  One and one-half hour presentation qualifying participants for AICP Certification Maintenance credits, APA-Iowa Conference, Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 27, 2010.
• Restricted Residence Districts Zoning Options. , 05/27/2011
  One and one-half hour presentation, MIDAS clerks workshops, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, January 20, 2011. (15 participants).
• Introduction to Planning and Zoning for Local Officials. , 05/27/2011

  Three-hour training programs presenting the basic concepts of planning and zoning for city and county elected officials, planning commissioners, board of adjustment members and zoning administrators.  Presented in eleven locations Spring 2011 to 325 participants. (Presented in fifty-nine locations since March 2005 with approx. 2,400 participants)

• Iowa Smart Planning Legislation. , 05/27/2011
  One hour webinar in cooperation with the Iowa State Association of Counties, Iowa League of Cities, and Iowa Association of Regional Councils of Government.  Broadcast twice via webinar July 7, 2010 (415 log-ins to-date).
• CRP 592 - Land Use and Development Regulation Law, 05/27/2011
  Fall 2010.  11 Students
• Guest Editorial - Des Moines Register, 05/27/2011
  Communities should develop smart plans.  (with David Wilwerding).  Des Moines Register, January 28, 2011. p. 11A.  
• Iowa Public News Service interview., 05/27/2011
  Inteviewed and quoted.  Smart Growth Planning on the Chopping Block.  Iowa Public News Service, Des Moines, Iowa, syndicated January 24, 2011.  Approximately 4 minutes. Archived at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/18095-1. 
• Interview in American Planning Association "Planning" magazine, 05/27/2011
  Interviewed and quoted.  Legislative victory in Iowa. Planning, July 2010: 3. 
• Understanding the Iowa Smart Planning Legislation. , 05/27/2011

  The Iowa County, August 2010: p. 4-5.

• Highlights of the Iowa Smart Planning Legislation. , 05/27/2011

  Iowa Planning, July 2010: p. 3, 10.

• What Does Smart Planning Mean for Iowa Cities? , 05/27/2011
  Cityscape, vol. 66, no.1 (2010): p. 14-15.
• The Midwest Planning BLUZ: ISU Extension’s Blog on Land Use and Zoning. , 05/27/2011

  (Sept. 2009 – present).  Ongoing blog addressing current land use topics relevant to Iowa and the Midwest.  180 posts (11,179 pageviews) through May 26, 2011. (96 posts 7,715 pageviews 5/26/10 – 5/26/11). Available at http://www.blogs.extension.iastate.edu/planningBLUZ. 

• Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. , 05/27/2011
  $110,000. 2011. Planning Studies for the Des Moines Regional Sustainability Plan. (Co-PI with Doug Johnston, Monica Haddad, Carlton Basmajian).
• Community Engagement Academy for University Leaders. , 05/27/2011
  Nominated by Provost to attend one-week academy Roanoke, Virginia, June 6-10, 2011.
• City of Ames Zoning Board of Adjustment member, 05/27/2011
  2009 – present.
• Iowa Smart Planning Taskforce, , 05/27/2011
  May 2010 – present. Appointed to serve on legislatively-created taskforce developing recommendations for implementing the Iowa Smart Planning Law.  
• APA-Iowa Executive Board Member and Professional Development Officer , 05/27/2011
  2005 – present.  -As chapter Professional Development Officer I assist members with the AICP examination, and with APA’s  mandatory continuing education program.