Tim Glass, AICP is the Director of Planning for the Las Colinas Association (LCA), the property management and business marketing association for one of the world's premier master-planned communities located in Irving, Texas. Tim has been involved in the full range of economic development planning activities in the Dallas-Fort Worth region since 2007. Prior to joining LCA, as manager of the Research and Information Division for the City of Dallas Office of Economic Development, where he led the research, technology, and planning efforts required to successfully conduct economic development policy and practice in a large, maturing urban center. Current areas of focus include transit-oriented development policy, Salesforce integration, digital marketing strategy, and redevelopment strategy in low-income Dallas neighborhoods. Tim was instrumental in the creation of the City of Dallas EB-5 Regional Center through his work in economic modeling. During Tim’s tenure, the City of Dallas has created innovative public-private partnerships through national leadership in EB-5, New Markets Tax Credits, tax-increment financing, and other programs designed to catalyze development in underserved markets. Prior to joining Dallas, Tim worked in East St. Louis, IL and New Orleans, LA on urban revitalization projects. Tim has been a member of the ULI North Texas District Council’s Advisory Board since 2010, was chair of the 2016 ULI Fall Meeting Local Marketing & Messaging Committee, previously serving as chair of the local Membership & Communications committee. He is a member of the national Public-Private Partnership Product Council (Blue Flight). A Detroit-area native, Tim holds a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning and Public Administration from Miami (OH) University.