Don Meltz is the principal planner and owner of Don Meltz Planning and GIS. Don specializes in providing GIS capacity to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations that do not have a dedicated staff person. He also has experience in all other aspects of planning, such as developing and analyzing surveys, conducting focus groups, interviewing government officials and residents, conducting and analyzing public workshops, and writing reports and comprehensive plans.
Education
Don has a Masters Degree in Regional Planning (MRP) from the University at Albany, SUNY. His course work at The University at Albany focused on two areas —
- The unique challenges facing small towns and rural areas.
- How GIS technology can help planners and town officials make informed decisions.
Courses completed include —
- Planning History and Philosophy
- Urban and Metropolitan Structure and Function
- Statistical Methods for Planning
- Comprehensive Planning Process
- Planning Law
- Small Town and Rural Planning
- Environmental Planning
- Geographic Information Systems
- GIS Applications
- Land Conservation
- Planning Studio – Survey of Vacant Buildings in Albany NY
- Independent Study – mapping the farmland resources in the lower Hudson River Valley using GIS
- Final research paper – Watershed Planning and GIS: The influence of geographic information systems on the watershed planning process
Don also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Franklin Pierce College, NH. His course work at FPC focused on environmental biology.