31 Years as an urban planner
12 Years as a Broker

Bachelor of Arts
Urban & Regional Planning
Miami University, Ohio (1978)

Masters of Urban & Regional Planning
University of New Orleans, LA (1989)

North Carolina Broker’s License (1997)

American Planning Association (APA)
American Institute of Certified Planners  (AICP)
Guilford Co. Historic Preservation Commission
NC Association of Realtors
Triad Real Estate & Building Industry
Coalition (TREBIC)

Planning Knowledge & Skills:

• Familiarity with NC Planning legislation and case law
• Long-range comprehensive plan procedures and preparation
• Area plan procedures and preparation
• Corridor plan procedures and preparation
• Development Ordinance components and construction
• Zoning procedures and strategies
• Various types of zoning overlay districts, such as scenic corridors
• Development assessments
• Planning-related mapping:  topographic, planimetric, aerial

Abigaile Pittman has thirty years of experience as an urban planner, as well as twelve years of overlapping experience as a commercial and industrial real estate broker. Her professional experience encompasses a blend of both the public and private sectors. She served as the Development Administrator for the City of High Point for nine years, where her duties consisted of coordination, direction and administration of the Department’s development division, including six planners and intern personnel, pertaining to the administration of the city’s Development Ordinance, including zoning and subdivision activities, city-wide landscaping regulations, the implementation of a city-wide rezoning, and the regular development of recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment, Historic Preservation Commission and City Council. Abigaile thereafter left to do regional planning consulting and real estate brokerage. Abigaile is a long-term resident of North Carolina, and has numerous established professional relationships, and brings a high standard of ethics to all of her professional interactions.

Abigaile’s specialties in the urban planning field are the development and negotiation of zoning conditions, development assessments, the development and implementation of long-term area plans, the relationship between land use and transportation, citizen participation, and historic preservation. Further, because Abigaile is also a licensed commercial real estate broker, she has twelve years of experience applying her skills to her clients’ real estate development needs and goals. Abigaile is well versed in planning law, as well as the real estate market and practices which can drive some projects.

Services:

• Early stage project site/development assessments and investigations
• Zoning work (Rezonings; Negotiation of development conditions, including conditional use permits; Overlay districts (historic overlays, etc.); Variances; and Text amendments)
• Plans and Studies (Area plans; Corridor plans; Planning studies; and Annexation applications and reports)
• Project team coordination and other liaison tasks
• Public presentations and public meetings
• Site search and selection
• Deed/ownership history and other such investigations
• Opinions of value
• Right-of-way and easement investigations and acquisitions
• Due diligence assistance