University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
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Joe Minicozzi
OH-A310

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Title

Joe Minicozzi Oral History
Creator Joe Minicozzi

Subject
LCSH:

Minicozzi, Joe
City planning -- Asheville, NC
Civic improvement --  Asheville, NC
Cities and towns -- Designs and plans
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword: 

Public Interests Projects, Asheville, NC; property rights; Mountain Voices Alliance

Description

Joe Minicozzi relates his personal history that moved him to Asheville, NC to work with the Public Interest Projects department. He discusses the current development in Asheville in regards to property rights, affordable housing, organizations that support careful planning.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

Interviewer: Spencer Layman

Date

2009-03-17

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

2 cassettes, TRANSCRIPT

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/A_310/mountain_voices/minicozzi_joe.html

Source

OH-Arts 310-Minicozzi

Language

English

Relation

Arts 310, Arts & Ideas, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Coverage

1980s-2007
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 331 ;  Date of acquisition: 2007-12-12

Processed By

Special Collections staff

Interview Date

2007-12-10
Interview Location Picholine Cafe & Wine Bar

Biography

Joe Minicozzi has a 5 year, professional degree in architecture from the University of Miami.  He worked in architecture for 3 years and then earned a Masters  in Urban Design with a concentration in Real Estate Development from Harvard University.  He then worked in real estate finance at John Hancock Real Estate Investment Group.  Minicozzi next worked for the government. in West Palm Beach, FL.  He was the zoning administrator for their downtown.  He moved to Asheville, NC, and after a period of freelance consulting and planning in real estate work, he began to work for Public Interest Projects. 

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