George Frantz

About George

George Frantz, AICP, ASLA has some 35 years of urban and regional planning practice in the Finger Lakes
region and is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of City and Regional Planning at
Cornell University. His primary areas of expertise are in urban design, land-use and environmental
planning, zoning and historic preservation. He is currently completing research on waterfront
redevelopment in the Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor since its establishment in 2000. Frantz
received his B.S. in landscape architecture and his M.R.P. in planning from Cornell in 1980 and 1991
respectively.

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At the Christopherson Center

George's range of planning and community engagement work across New York State aligns with the Christopherson Center's mission and supports the creation of collaborative networks statewide.