Dan Zack, CNU-A
Dan Zack, CNU-A, is a planning and development consultant based in Fresno, California. He helps cities and developers create walkable, vibrant, and inclusive communities. Through his firm, Zack Urban Solutions, Inc. (ZUS), he works with infill developers on site selection, feasibility analysis, and entitlement strategies, helping advance projects such as adaptive reuse, main street mixed-use, multifamily housing, and community-driven projects. His current work includes supporting the development of the Fresno Chinatown Neighborhood Real Estate Development Trust, an innovative model for community wealth-building and human-scale redevelopment. He also advises non-profit, faith-based, and mission- driven developers pursuing infill projects across Fresno.
Before founding ZUS, Dan spent 23 years in local government, where he played key roles in downtown revitalization, zoning modernization, and parking reform—removing barriers to the incremental development that can empower residents and entrepreneurs to restore their own communities. As Downtown Development Project Manager for Redwood City, he helped catalyze the construction of 2,500 new housing units in a once-stagnant district by leading the creation of a form-based code and CEQA-cleared entitlement framework that dramatically reduced development friction. In Fresno, as Assistant Director of Planning & Development, he led adoption of a new Citywide Development Code and oversaw the rezoning of more than 130,000 parcels to support infill, transit-oriented housing, and small-scale mixed-use projects.
Beyond his consulting work, Dan is deeply invested in community development, serving on the Board of Directors for the Downtown Fresno Foundation, the Warnor’s Center for the Performing Arts, and Access Plus Capital (a Community Development Financial Institution), and as the Chair of the California Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Areas of expertise: zoning, entitlements, site selection, mixed-use, adaptive reuse, multifamily, faith-based development