Robert Taunton

Biography: Bob Taunton President Taunton Group, LLC Boise, ID Bob Taunton is President of Taunton Group, LLC, based in Boise, Idaho. Since mid-2007, he has provided community development consulting services to both private and public sector clients. Notable assignments include: • Leading the research and development of a collective impact strategy to deliver safe, healthy and environmentally responsible homes to low-income families, including the identification of interventions and outcome metrics to demonstrate changes in lives over time • Directing a $1.2M engineering study for a planned $300M water delivery project • Managed the planning approvals of a 1,350 acre resort and lifestyle community that was designed to preserve working farms • Developing 50-year growth and future land use projections to support the preparation of a Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan • Providing guidance on a bank workout assignment to reposition a failed planned community • Assisting a charter school developer with a national business strategy Prior to forming Taunton Group, Bob spent over 25 years as a public planner and residential community developer. For 16 years he was the key principal for 2 public real estate entities and planned over 25,000 home sites and other community uses, developed over 1,600 residential lots and delivered over 600 single family homes. Among Bob's many accomplishments is the creation of the $300M Rancho Viejo planned community in Santa Fe, NM. Building upon his early design and conservation background, he brought to market a pioneering sustainable, healthy and affordable community. Rancho Viejo has been honored for its extensive land preservation, mixed-use and healthy walkable community design, standard setting water conservation program, and for its 15% affordable housing integrated into the community. Bob is a long time member of the Urban Land Institute having served on the national Community Development and Sustainable Development