Steve Lawton is a commercial broker and development advisor serving owners, builders and cities. He served as Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of Hercules from 2001 to 2010. He led the effort that created the first form-based zoning code to be adopted into the law of a California city and helped change state law to allow similar smart-growth innovations.
Since 2010, he has advised cities and large developers on plans and proposals. Currently, he is marketing two historically significant sites and is an active volunteer leader with the Urban Land Institute.
Before his public sector career, Steve had twenty years’ experience in management consulting, technology engineering, enterprise business development, industrial marketing and railroad operations.
Mr. Lawton earned a BA degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976.
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