Education
MS, Planning, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
BA, History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Affiliations
American Planning Association (APA)
University of Central Florida, Adjunct Instructor (2007–2014)
City of Orlando, Municipal Planning Board 2019–Present (Chair 2023/2024)

Blake Drury is an urban designer and city planner focused on creating livable communities. For the past 3 decades he has developed plans for public-sector clients in urban, suburban, and rural settings across North America—including initiation, conceptualization, and design of large-scale neighborhood redevelopment projects, downtown plans, and numerous transit station area planning programs. Blake also has extensive experience helping private-sector clients develop visions and principles to guide new communities, including master plans for many traditional neighborhood development design projects throughout the southeast United States. Blake is frequently invited to speak at professional events throughout the Central Florida region, and for 7 years served as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Central Florida teaching urban design at the graduate and undergraduate levels.