Peter C. Lowitt, AICP

Peter C. Lowitt, AICP is immediate past-president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association, chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the green roof trade association for North America and he serves as Director/Land Use Administrator for the Devens Enterprise Commission, the agency charged with permitting the redevelopment of the former Fort Devens army base in Massachusetts. At Devens, Mr. Lowitt focuses on the sustainable redevelopment of this 4400-acre former army base. Prior to coming to Devens, Mr. Lowitt served as Director of Planning and Economic Development for the Town of Londonderry, New Hampshire (1993-1999) where he developed the Londonderry Ecological Industrial Park and the award winning Sustainable Londonderry Program.

Mr. Lowitt has been active in the planning and economic development profession, serving as past-Chair of the Economic Development Division of American Planning Association (APA), President of the Massachusetts Chapter of American Planning Association, and is a former President of the New Hampshire Planners Association. He has published a number of articles including “Sustainable Londonderry,” 1998, proceedings of the APA National Conference and “Grafton Grows a BioTech Park”, 1993. He also co-authored an article entitled “A Planner’s Overview of Eco-Industrial Development” 2000 proceedings of the APA National Conference. He has lectured on sustainable economic development in New Zealand, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Canada. He is fully committed to sustainable economic development practices through good planning.

Mr. Lowitt has a B.A. in history from Brown University (1979) and a M.A. in Community Economic Development from the Urban Environmental Policy Graduate Program at Tufts University (1992). He has attended the Economic Development Institute in Norman, Oklahoma and taught Environmental Policy at Worcester State College. He has received the State of New Hampshire’s 1998 Excellence in Community Development Award and also received the 1998 WasteCap New Hampshire 1998 Environmental Excellence Award. The Devens EcoStar program is a 2006 Worcester Business Journal Environmental Award Winner. The Sustainable Devens program received a 2005 State Agency Environmental Purchasing and Sustainability Award.