skip to main content
UA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Home
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Staff
  • Projects/Programs
    • Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail
    • Alabama Birding Trails
    • Alabama Communities of Excellence
    • Alabama Innovation Engine
    • AmeriCorps VISTA
    • Arts, Culture and Heritage
    • Books for the Black Belt
    • Landmark Projects
    • Leadership Development
    • Living Legends
    • Outdoor Recreation
    • Planning and Community Development
    • Tourism Development
    • Your Town Alabama
  • Partners
  • Tool Kits
  • Mural
    • Submit a Mural
  • BETTER West Alabama
    • BETTER Newsletter
  • Flawless Delivery
  • Home
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Staff
  • Projects/Programs
    • Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail
    • Alabama Birding Trails
    • Alabama Communities of Excellence
    • Alabama Innovation Engine
    • AmeriCorps VISTA
    • Arts, Culture and Heritage
    • Books for the Black Belt
    • Landmark Projects
    • Leadership Development
    • Living Legends
    • Outdoor Recreation
    • Planning and Community Development
    • Tourism Development
    • Your Town Alabama
  • Partners
  • Tool Kits
  • Mural
    • Submit a Mural
  • BETTER West Alabama
    • BETTER Newsletter
  • Flawless Delivery

Matt Leavell AIA, LEED AP, Director of Design

As a licensed architect and urban planner, Matt applies the principles of design thinking across a wide variety of projects throughout Alabama. Through the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, Matt has acted as the Director of Design and Planning for the Gulf State Park Enhancement Project, a $143 million effort to redevelop Gulf State Park into an international benchmark for economic and environmental sustainability that demonstrates best practices for outdoor recreation, education, and hospitality. This six-year project included a 350-room hotel, an Interpretive Center seeking Living Building certification, a Learning Campus, dune restoration, and a 16-mile trail network expansion. He is one of the founding members of the Cahaba Blueway and the board chair for Your Town Alabama, a leadership workshop dedicated to inspiring and educating leaders about the ability of design and planning to assist them in improving their communities.

Contact Information:
matt.leavell@ua.edu
205-918-8845
ABOUT

ALABAMA BIRDING TRAILS
​

ALABAMA COMMUNITIES OF EXCELLENCE

ALABAMA INNOVATION ENGINE

​
AMERICORPS VISTA

ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE
​
​BOOKS FOR THE BLACK BELT

​CONTACT ​​

LANDMARK

LIVING LEGENDS

OUTDOOR RECREATION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

STAFF

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

TOOL KITS

​
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

YOUR TOWN ALABAMA





The University of Alabama 
Center for Economic Development -
Box 870138
Tuscaloosa, AL  35487
​621 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone - 205.348.7058
Fax - 205.348.6974
email - uced@ua.edu
Picture
Picture
 The University of Alabama 254 Rose Administration Box 870114 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0114 (205) 348-4890 © Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved