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Joseph McClure

Joseph McClure has a multidisciplinary background that has been applied to many phases of the community and real estate development process: economic analysis and strategy development, market and financial feasibility assessment, and impact assessment, as well as input on planning and design. His broad range of skills, along with a perspective of the relationship between planning and development, help define and focus the analytical work.

Joe has an M.S. in Urban Planning, in a program that emphasized regional economics, from the University of Arizona and completed additional post-graduate work in economic geography at UA. He has a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. McClure is a registered architect in Arizona and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Western Regional Science Association.   He has presented papers on economic development issues at regional and international economic development conferences, and has been an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Arizona in the Geography and Regional Development program.

 


Dustin Woodward

Dustin Woodward brings an academic background in urban planning and design, sustainability research and environmental policy. Mr. Woodward has been heavily involved in sustainability-based initiatives during his tenure at Arizona State University. In this capacity, he developed sustainability-based research focused on:  sustainable transportation, water usage and conservation, waste mitigation and management, sustainable development and analyzing the social and cultural dimensions of sustainability. This research led to the development of Sustainability Reader, co-authored by Woodward, which was prepared for ASU President Michael Crow for the International Summit on Sustainability in Temezon, Mexico held in 2005. 

Mr. Woodward obtained a M.S. in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy from the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, a M.S. in Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Urban Planning from Arizona State University. 
 

Joseph McClure and Dustin Woodward are a part of McClure Consulting, LLC an economic and development research firm located in Phoenix, Arizona.  For more information on our services, operations or associates please visit www.jemcclure.com.


Services in Sustainability

McClure Consulting, LLC custom-tailors assignments for communities and private developers within the following general service areas:

  • Preliminary and/or in-depth designs and assessments of sustainability programs in terms of feasibility, critical issues, influence of local geographic, economic, governmental, etc. factors on program concepts, and the like.
  • Third-party independent evaluations of programs, program feasibility, etc.
  • Hands-on assistance with program development, through any or all steps.
  • Identification and review of innovative applications particularly suited to community, project, business, or other conditions.