People

John Emmeus Davis

Partner

Burlington Associates in Community Development

Burlington, Vermont

John Emmeus Davis is a city planner who has spent much of his 40-year career providing
technical assistance to CLTs and documenting their history and performance. He coauthored the Lincoln Institute’s 2008 publication The City-CLT Partnership. He previously served as housing director in Burlington, Vermont, and was dean of the National CLT Academy. He is a partner at Burlington Associates in Community Development LLC, a national consulting cooperative. He is a founding board member of the International Center for CLTs and editor in chief of the center’s imprint, Terra Nostra Press.