Matthew Goebel, AICP
Partner and Vice President
mgoebel@clarionassociates.com
Matthew Goebel, Partner and Vice President with the firm, is a planner and attorney in the Denver office of Clarion Associates. He works principally in the areas of planning and zoning, growth management, and historic preservation. His numerous projects have included development codes and growth management plans for a variety of large and small jurisdictions around the country, including Anchorage, Alaska; Buckeye and Oro Valley, Arizona; Pasadena and Sacramento County, California; Englewood, Erie, Lake County, Mesa County, and Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Boise, Idaho; Detroit, Michigan; Henderson, Nevada; Santa Fe and Silver City, New Mexico; Apex, Cary, Morrisville, and Wake County, North Carolina; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Jackson County, Oregon; Beaufort County and Greenville, South Carolina; Arlington, Austin, Irving, and Rowlett, Texas; and Dodge County, Wisconsin. He also has prepared studies of the economic impacts of historic preservation for the States of Michigan and Colorado; the Colorado report was recognized by the Colorado Historical Society as an outstanding contribution to preserving Colorado’s cultural heritage. Mr. Goebel is co-author of Aesthetics, Community Character, and the Law, published by the American Planning Association, and also was principal author of a study of the regulatory barriers to affordable housing in Colorado, which won a statewide award from the Colorado chapter of the American Planning Association. He is a frequent speaker at national, regional, and state planning and historic preservation conferences.