Jane Silberstein - Land-Use, Sustainability
Jane Silberstein has 20 plus years experience in community and
organizational development. Her professional background includes
community visioning, eco-municipality advancement, comprehensive plan and
local coastal program development; waterfront, downtown, bikeway, open
space/environmental and neighborhood plans; ordinance and policy development,
growth management, environmental review, and economic
improvement/diversification plans. Silberstein specializes in writing about the
principles and concepts of sustainable community development. With Chris Maser
she co-authored Land Use Planning for Sustainable Development (2000, 2nd
edt. 2013). She is also one of the co-authors of Toward
Sustainable Community: A Toolkit for Local Government (2007).
Silberstein moved to Bainbridge Island in 2007 to teach at the
Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Now retired, she continues to engage at
the municipal level on Bainbridge in issues pertaining primarily to land
use.
