ABOUT POLLY BART

Polly Bart graduated from Harvard University cum laude with a degree in architecture. She was the third woman to receive the PhD in city planning from the University of California at Berkeley. She was one of four writers who created the President’s Urban Policy Report to Congress in 1980. In 1984, she transferred to the private sector and has worked in construction as an entrepreneur for twenty-five years. As chair of the greenbuilding subcommittee of Baltimore County’s Commission on Environmenatal Quality she was instrumental in passage of Maryland’s first tax credit legislation to encourage LEED-certified construction.

Dr. Bart is active with the local chapters of the US Greenbuilding Council, the American Institute of Architects and the Associated Builders and Contractors. In addition to extensive workshops and speaking engagements, her work has been covered by all the major local publications, including Style Magazine, Chesapeake Home and Living, Urbanite, the Daily Record, Baltimore Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post.