Urban planner with a specialty in community and economic development focused on revitalizing and bringing investment to local communities. Goldstein is the President of Teska Associates, a full service planning firm based in Evanston, Illinois. He leads multi-disciplinary teams to address complex challenges. Projects have ranged from comprehensive plans for communities around the Chicago area to fiscal analyses for new development proposals in Glenview, Evanston and Park Ridge, and award-winning neighborhood redevelopment plans for Wicker Park, Belmont Cragin and the Near North Neighborhoods in Chicago. He also led an award-winning comprehensive plan for Carrboro, NC and a sustainability plan for Greensboro, NC. He has worked with Habitat for Humanity International and NeighborWorks America providing assistance to local communities across the U.S. He volunteers his time with a number of organizations, including serving as past Chair of Urban Land Institute Chicago and the Village of Wilmette Plan Commission. He teaches public policy at Northwestern University's MPPA program and was honored as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners in 2018.
Listed skills include Community Development, Urban Planning, Economic Development, Land Use Planning, and 17 others.
