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Jocelyne Chait is an independent
planning consultant with extensive experience
in comprehensive community-based planning in New York City. She has collaborated
with local and citywide organizations and institutions, city agencies and elected
officials on a number of planning initiatives and research projects, ranging
from Bronx Center, a plan to develop a Bronx “downtown,” to a citywide
study of cooperative and condominium conversion activity. For the past ten years
she has focused on planning under Section 197-a of the New York City Charter.
Ms Chait has a degree in Architecture from the Architectural Association School
of Architecture in London and a Masters in Urban Planning from Hunter College,
CUNY. She received a Design Trust fellowship
for Achieving
a Balance: Housing and Open Space in Bronx
Community Board 3.
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Personal
Statement
My fellowship with the Design Trust provided
the opportunity to facilitate a comprehensive
dialogue between local residents and community
gardeners in Bronx Community District 3, city agencies such as the Parks Department
and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and local and citywide
open space organizations, aimed at developing a consensus on housing and open
space development in the district. The Design Trust’s management approach
and accessibility helped substantially to advance the goals of the project and
to achieve concrete, realistic, and broadly accepted recommendations that continue
to inform planning and development decisions in the area.
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